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Description of Issue

How to setup a receipt printer and create a printer definition for printer models TM-U325, TM-U675, TM-H6000III and TM-H6000IV for use with Payment Entry

Context
  • Printer
  • Receipt printer
  • Payment Entry
  • Munis Receipt Printer
Cause

Receipt printer models TM-U325, TM-U675, TM-H6000III and TM-H6000IV must be installed to a USB port. Network ports are not supported for receipt printing for these models.

Resolution

Printer Installation

  1. Install the receipt printer to a USB port on the desired PC
  2. Open Devices and Printers in Control Panel
  3. Right click on the printer and select Printer properties
  4. Select the Sharing tab, check off Share this printer, and specify a share name
  5. Connect to the Application server with an administrative account
  6. In the Windows search bar, type run and hit enter
  7. Enter the following command, updating the hostname with the name of the PC the printer is installed on and the printer's share name
    1. \\hostname\sharename
  8. The driver will install and the printer dialogue window will launch


Create a Printer Definition

  1. Log into Munis with an account that has system administration permissions
  2. From the menu, navigate to System Administration > Printer/Device Administration > Printer Definitions
  3. Click Add
  4. Printer ID: enter desired value
  5. Printer name: enter desired value
  6. Printer type: select Command / script
  7. Print / forms command:  cat > \\hostname\sharename
  8. Leave all other fields as defaulted


Printer Validation Settings

  1. From the Munis menu, navigate to Accounts Receivable Settings
    1. (General Revenues > Accounts Receivable > Setup > Accounts Receivable Settings)
  2. Select the Payments tab
  3. Click Validator Settings

  4. To update an existing record, first locate it by using the Search or Browse option

    1. Once a printer has been selected, click Update

  5. To create a new pairing between a printer and a validator type, click Add
    1. Search by Printer Name
  6. From the Validator Type dropdown, select one of the available options for the validator type
    1. TM-U325: epson
    2. TM-U675 or TM-H6000 series: epson6k
  7. Enter Description (100 characters max)
  8. Click Accept


Default Receipt Printer

Additional Information


FieldValue
Printer IDUnique identifier for the printer. This box can accept up to four alphanumeric characters.
Printer nameIdentifying name of printer. This box can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters.
Printer typeThis box is the print command Munis will use to initiate a print job on the printer and is set to Command/script for Munis (non TylerForms) printing.
Print / forms command

cat > \\hostname\sharename

Hostname is the name of the PC the printer is installed on, sharename comes from the printer properties





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