Boca Printer
Effortlessly integrate TicketingHub with Boca Printers for streamlined ticket printing, enhancing efficiency and customer service at your venue.
For plenty of attractions, theatres, and venues, the printed ticket still matters — as a keepsake, as a brand moment, and as the fastest way to move a queue of walk-up guests. A till receipt doesn't do any of that justice. Boca ticket printers are the industry's answer: purpose-built thermal printers that produce durable, professional tickets at box-office speed, and TicketingHub connects to them directly through its point-of-sale system.
The combination gives you the best of both worlds: modern cloud booking software behind the counter, and a proper physical ticket in the guest's hand — with every printed ticket carrying a scannable QR code that ties it back to a real booking in your dashboard.
Who are Boca Systems?
Boca Systems is a specialist manufacturer of thermal ticket printers and has been a market leader in the field for over 20 years. Its printers are the workhorses behind box offices worldwide — from stadia and theatres to theme parks and cruise liners — and the range covers everything from a compact counter unit to high-speed, kiosk-ready machines.
Unlike an office printer, a Boca prints on rigid thermal ticket stock: no ink or toner, crisp barcodes, and a ticket that survives a day in a pocket.
How the integration works with TicketingHub
Boca printers connect to TicketingHub through the TicketingHub Outpost point-of-sale app as a wired ticket printer. A staff member sells a ticket at the counter — cash, or card through a connected payment terminal — and the Boca prints the ticket with its QR code on the spot.
Crucially, that walk-up sale isn't a separate world from your online sales. It draws from the same live availability, lands in the same dashboard, and appears on the same manifest. At the gate, a Boca-printed ticket scans exactly like an e-ticket on a phone — one validation flow for every guest, however they bought.
The Boca also isn't the only hardware Outpost speaks to. The same app connects payment terminals (SumUp, Zettle) and mobile receipt printers, and Stripe Tap to Pay turns the phone itself into a card reader — so a fully equipped box-office position is one app, one printer, and one payment device.
Box office and walk-up sales
Guests who turn up without a booking want to pay and get moving. With Outpost on a tablet and a Boca at the counter, the sale, the payment, and the printed ticket take seconds — and capacity updates instantly so your online widget can't oversell the same time slot.
Souvenir-worthy tickets
For theatres, seasonal events, and attractions where the ticket is part of the memory, Boca stock gives you a substantial, well-printed ticket that carries your branding. It's a small touch that guests keep — and that photographs rather better than a home-printed PDF.
High-throughput entry and self-service
Boca's faster models are built for volume: high print speeds, simple maintenance, and automatic paper pick-up. Kiosk-compatible units can sit inside self-service machines, letting guests collect physical tickets without staffing another counter — a common pattern at larger attractions where a bank of kiosks absorbs the peak-hour rush while the staffed desk handles questions and group bookings.
Printer capabilities
The Boca range is broad, and the right model depends on your venue. Across the family you'll find:
- USB and Ethernet connectivity, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth available
- Flexible enclosures — a top plate convertible for vertical use, optional cutting units, and a display
- An internal stock compartment that keeps blank tickets secure
- Models with integrated RFID readers/writers for encoding and printing RFID smart tickets
- Thermal printing with magnetic encoding options
- Kiosk-compatible, high-speed units with automatic paper pick-up and easy maintenance
Setting it up
You'll need the TicketingHub Outpost app — free to download for iOS (14 or later) or Android (8.0 or later) — with your products enabled for point of sale. Connect the Boca as a wired ticket printer, run a test print, and you're selling. If you haven't bought hardware yet, talk to TicketingHub support first: we'll help you match a Boca model to your venue and volume.
Frequently asked questions
Do Boca-printed tickets scan like e-tickets?
Yes. Every ticket carries a QR code tied to the booking record, so gate staff — or turnstiles — validate printed and digital tickets in exactly the same way.
Which Boca model should I buy?
It depends on throughput, ticket size, and whether you need extras like RFID or kiosk mounting. TicketingHub support can advise before you order, and your Boca supplier can help with ticket stock.
Does an in-person Boca sale affect my online availability?
Immediately. POS sales and online sales share one availability pool in TicketingHub, so a busy box office can't cause a double-sold time slot.
Do I need special software or a print server?
No — the TicketingHub Outpost app handles printing directly. Set up the app, connect the printer, and print.
What does the printer need in terms of consumables?
Boca printers are thermal, so there's no ink or toner — just thermal ticket stock, available in a range of formats from Boca and its resellers.
Can I run printed and digital tickets side by side?
Yes, and most venues do: online buyers arrive with QR codes on their phones, walk-ups leave the counter with Boca-printed tickets, and both validate through the same scanning flow at entry. Guests choose the format; your gate treats them identically.
Book a demo and we'll show you a counter sale printed on Boca stock, scanned at the gate, from start to finish.
