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How to Enable a Receipt Printer in your POS


NOTE:Your Receipt Printer will need to be connected to your P.C and any correct drivers installed in Windows using the Printer Manufacturers drivers. A Windows Test page must be printed correctly before it can be enabled for use in the Fieldpine Software. Your thermal receipt printer must be ESC/POS command Compatible. See Wikipedia ESC/P for more information. Epson, Bixolon, Saewoo are several printer manufacturers that manufacturer ESC/POS compatible thermal receipt printers.

POSGreen 2016

  1. Ensure you can successfully print a "Windows Test Page" to the printer before configuring the POS. This test page ensures that all Windows level setup has been correctly configured

  2. Start your POSGreen application, and select "Menu/Configuration Setup/Printer Setup".

  3. The "Configure Sale/Receipt Printer" screen will open.
    Sale/Receipt Printer - Format

  4. The two fields that need to be set: "Sale/Receipt Printer" and "Use Receipt Format". A format needs to be linked to a printer and vis versa. It is possible to have separate formats linked to separate printers.

    Sale/Receipt Printer - Format

  5. Select the printer you wish to use from the "Sale/Receipt Printer" drop down list. Then select the format to use with from the "Use receipt format" drop down list.
    If your printer is not visible in the "Sale/Receipt Printer" list, then confirm that is has been connected, powered on and had the necessary drivers installed in windows.
    The two formats that need to be linked to a printer for the POS to print a receipt or for a quotation are: "Receipt" and Quotation".

  6. Repeat for each format if you have multiple formats in use.

  7. Once complete, click "OK" to exit tjhis screen and any others until you return to your main pos screen.

  8. Restart your POSGreen application to update the changes made above.

There is no need to select or edit other options on this page. A predefined format or layout for each "receipt format" comes with your fieldpine application.


Other POS Verticals / Customised Builds

  1. Ensure you can successfully print a "Windows Test Page" to the printer before configuring the POS. This test page ensures that all Windows level setup has been correctly configured

  2. Start your Fieldpine POS application and either select the "Quickcode" button if it existsor using the your keyboard, type the following keystrokes "shift % q".

  3. The "Run Internal System Function" screen will open.

  4. Enter the following code "73838 and press "Execute Now".

  5. The "Configure Sale/Receipt Printer" screen will open.

  6. Select the "receipt format" you wish to link to a printer from the drop down list. Seelect the printer from the "Sale/Receipt Printer" drop down list.

  7. Repeat for each format if you have multiple formats in use.

  8. Once complete, click "OK" to exit tjhis screen and any others until you return to your main pos screen.

  9. Restart your POSGreen application to update the changes made above.