RE: USB printer success (last step)

["Steve Espinoza" <espinoza@xxxxxxxxxx>]

a little too excited there...step 6.
6) In MilCirc, File menu-->Select Printer-->Local printer-->[choose your USB printer]
 
-- Steve Espinoza

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	Subject: USB printer success
	
	

	USB printer works in Millennium!!!  Yipeeee!
	
	A while back I asked for any assistance with getting our USB connected receipt printer to work.  One member mentioned that they use our same USB printer model (Epson TM 88III), but their central site set it up.  If I had not heard from this one person, I would've sent these printers back a looooong time ago and swapped out for the serial/parallel model.
	
	If I were going to buy one now, I would certainly not go for a USB model until Innovative brings it into their support umbrella.
	
	But, if you have (or still want) a USB receipt printer, here's how we finally got ours to work. This should work with any USB printer model, because technically your printing to a shared printer that just happens to be plugged into a USB port.
	
	1) Get the USB printer to print in Windows.  This is kind of a "duh" but the point is to take this a step at a time.
	
	2) Once you get a test page to print to the USB port successfully, go to the printer properties in Windows and Share the printer (e.g. my_printersharename). 
	
	3) Note your computer name (e.g. my_computername)
	
	4) Get to a command prompt and type the following: net use lpt1 \\my_computername\my_printersharename /persistent:yes
	This command redirects printer output from the parallel port (lpt1) to the shared printer.
	
	Note: In the Users manual, there is a note that says printer output is in 3 columns unless the output is going to a 40 column printer, then each field is output in rows.  The only way to let Millennium know about a 40 column printer is to use the Direct Text printing option in conjunction with setting the option that tells Millennium the printer is 40 columns.  Direct Text printing sends the print job to a locally attached device, specifically the printer attached to parallel printer port LPT1.
	
	5) In MilCirc, Open Millennium Login manager. Choose Printing tab, In Receipt printer options, check "Enable direct text printing"; In Direct Text Printing Options, check "Printer...is only 40 columns wide".  You can also set the "Number of lines to eject".
	
	Hope this helps.
	
	Steve Espinoza
	
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	Steven R. Espinoza
	Information Technology Consultant
	Cal State San Marcos - Library
	San Marcos, CA   92096-0001
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