# Thermal Receipt Printout: motion graphics style

> A receipt-printer text animation: a thermal printer feeds a receipt line by line, with the word in big dot-matrix letters, a total and bars. Then the paper curls and is torn off. A tactile reveal for shops, launches, year-in-review and playful posts.

- Category: [Analog Video & Glitch](https://aimotions.art/category/analog-video-glitch/)
- Also known as: receipt printer animation, receipt text effect, thermal paper print, pos printer, dot matrix receipt, printing receipt, receipt mockup
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/thermal-receipt-print/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/thermal-receipt-print/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Print [TEXT] on a thermal receipt. At the bottom of the frame sits a dark gray receipt printer with a slot and a serrated tear bar; off-white thermal paper feeds upward out of it in short jerky stepper-motor advances, one line at a time. Print a centered header, an order number and date, three itemized lines with prices, a dashed rule, then [TEXT] across the full paper width in big capital letters built from round black dots, another rule, a large TOTAL line, a block of bars and a thank-you line. Print density is slightly uneven. Let the top of the strip curl toward the viewer with soft shading and sway gently. Then jerk the paper sideways against the tear bar, rip it off with a zigzag edge and lift it out of frame; loop every 8 seconds.
```

## Visual DNA

- Off-white thermal paper with slightly uneven black print density
- Stepper-motor feed: short jerky advances, line by line
- Word printed in big round dots, receipt-style monospace around it
- Dark printer body with a serrated tear bar at the slot
- Paper curling at the top, then a sideways tear and lift-off

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Thermal Receipt Printout, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/thermal-receipt-print/