What we run the shows on

The printer, the scanner, the lights, the camera, the mic, the pedal and the supplies Vaultman uses five nights a week — nothing here we have not bought with our own money and used on a live show. Any 4 × 6 thermal printer QZ Tray can drive works for the tags and the slips; these are the ones we would buy again.

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• Tag & slip printer
  Rollo wireless thermal printer

  4 × 6 packing slips and 2 × 1 sold tags from the same printer, no ink, no toner; it prints a tag the moment a lot sells and a slip the moment a box is packed. The app's DRY RUN tag proves it in ten seconds.

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• Labels
  2 × 1 inch direct thermal labels, 4 × 6 slips

  Fan-fold for the slips so the printer never runs dry mid-show; rolls for the tags. Any brand that says "direct thermal" — the printer does the rest.

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• Scanner
  A wireless 2D barcode scanner

  Scans the tag's QR at the counter, on the show table and at the packing bench; the app takes the scan with no field focused. Bluetooth to the phone, USB dongle to the laptop.

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• Lights
  Two soft LED panels

  Coins are mirrors: two panels at 45° kill the glare and show the luster; a ring light alone puts a halo on every slab. Bi-colour so the gold reads gold.

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• Camera
  A phone on a boom arm, or a 4K webcam with manual focus

  Manual focus is the whole point: autofocus hunts on a slab. A boom arm over the table gives the top-down shot buyers trust.

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• Mic
  A USB dynamic mic

  A dynamic mic hears you and not the room; the shop's air conditioning and the printer stay out of the stream.

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• Foot pedal
  A USB foot switch

  Mapped to the app's Sold key, so your hands stay on the coin and the camera. Any switch that sends a key works.

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• Supplies
  Flips, slab boxes, bubble mailers, a scale

  A scale the app can read the weight from at intake; 2 × 2 flips and slab boxes for the stock; padded mailers for the slips to go out in.

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• Your own website
  Shopify

  The app keeps a Shopify store in step with your stock — a piece sells on a show, the listing comes down; it sells online, the piece leaves the safe. Start a store here if you have none.

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Already have a printer? Keep it. Anything QZ Tray drives prints the tags — the first show is the test, and the DRY RUN tag under Settings proves the printer before the show.