Creating a Receipt Printer Definition

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

• Printer

• Receipt printer

• Payment Entry

• Munis Receipt Printer

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.

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