Back Office > Touch Settings > Peripherals > Kitchen/Order/Receipt/Voucher Printer > Printers > Printer Codes

 

Description

 

Used to configure Printer Commands. Printer commands are configured for each type of printer, to perform functions such as paper cuts, bold text, text alignment, etc.

 

To Be Considered

 

1. For sites with multiple SwiftPOS Touch terminals, it is recommended to manage all Printer Commands in the SwiftPOS Back Office.

 

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Printer Commands

 

 

This screen is accessed from here.

 

• New - Select to add a printer command group which can be assigned to any printer.
   
• Delete - Select to delete the selected printer command group.
   
• Import/Export - Select to import/export a printer command group from/to an XML file.
   
• >>/<< - Move forwards/backwards to view other Printer Command Groups.
   
• Do not synchronise from Back Office - Select to NOT synchronise Printer Commands settings with the Back Office.
   
• OK - Select to save any changes and exit.
   
• Cancel - Select to exit without saving.

 

Note : Do not select Instructional Categories, as these automatically print after the item/Product is printed.

 

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Printer Commands

 

 

* Note : The above OPOS commands are default commands and may not work with all printers.

** Character font B selected. This is added to the beginning of each line to select the Font B Selection and stop the text from wrapping around on the next line.

 

Printing Barcodes on Tickets using Esc/POS printing commands

 

Use these settings on any Epson compatible printer to print Code39 Barcode font;

Barcode prefix: \1D\6B\04\2A

Barcode suffix: \2A\00

Example for the Voucher : {BARCODE PREFIX}*1000*{BARCODE SUFFIX} Will print a scan able Barcode for ?1000? That could be a Product in a Family that is tied to a Mix n Match Promotion or could be a Member Number 1000 Once you use a Member you could tie it to a Member Campaign or a Mix and Max Promotion.

 

Downloading of Tickets and Logos

 

Print the logo on an Epson TM88-IV Printer - \1d\28\4c\06\00\30\45\30\30\01\01

 

Tickets are normally 420 pixels wide and the height of the Voucher will determine the amount of memory that is used in the Printer. To install the logos in the printer's VRAM you must make them BMP files with 4bit greyscale. Normal 8bit graphics will not download to the VRAM.

 

Star Printers

 

It would depend if the printer is set to Star mode or Epson mode also. Check DIP switch settings to confirm that.

 

Use the following codes if your printer is in "Star" mode :

 

Expanded Print ON \OE

Expanded Print OFF \14

Bold ON \1B\45

Bold OFF \1B\46

Red Print (printer model dependent) \1B\34

End Red Print (printer model dependent) \1B\35

Feed Lines \1B\61

Cut Paper \1B\64\01

Centre Text \1B\1D\61\01

Left Justify \1B\1D\61\00

 

Use the following codes if your printer is in "ESC\POS Mode? :

 

Expanded Print ON \1B\21\20

Expanded Print OFF \1B\21\00

Bold ON \1B\21\08

Bold OFF \1B\21\00

Red Print (printer model dependent) \1D\42\01

End Red Print (printer model dependent) \1D\42\00

Feed Lines \1B\64\n*

Cut Paper \1D\56\01

Centre Text \1B\61\01

Left Justify \1B\6l\00

 

Epson Printer Commands

 

 

 

 

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Barcode Setup

 

Barcode Height

 

\1D\68\n

[Description] Selects the height of the Barcode.

n specifies the number of dots in the vertical direction.

[Default] n = 162 (64 is a good size for Receipt)

 

Barcode Width

 

\1D\77\n

[Description] Set the horizontal size of the Barcode.

[Default] n = 3 (2 works well)

 

Select font for Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) characters

 

\1D\66\n

[Description] Selects a font for the HRI characters used when printing a Barcode.

n selects a font from the following table:

 

 

[Details] HRI indicates Human Readable Interpretation. HRI characters are printed at the position specified by \1B\48\n.

[Default] n = 0

 

Select printing position for HRI characters

 

\1D\48\n

[Description] Selects the printing position of HRI characters when printing a Barcode. n selects the printing position as follows:

 

 

[Details] HRI indicates Human Readable Interpretation. HRI characters are printed using the font specified by \1D\66\n.

[Default] n = 0

 

Print Barcode

 

\1D\6B\n

n = 4 for Code39 Barcode

 

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\00 after <Rct_#> tells the Epson Printer that this is the end of the Barcode data (NULL Char)

 

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Related Topics

 

1. POS Configuration Index - Peripheral/Printer Related Configuration
2. POS Operation
3. POS Operations
4. Touch Toolbar and Tools
5. Terminal Settings

 

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