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Receipt Printers

Receipt printers are attached to circulation workstations. These printers generate paper receipts much like those printed by cash registers. Most models of receipt printers that will work with your model of computer and operating system will work with Evergreen, and PINES staff do not recommend or endorse any particular one of them.

The Epson TM-T88V printer is the most popular receipt printer amongst PINES libraries. If you attempt to order this printer, be aware that it comes in many configurations, most of which are designed to interface with point of sale systems or kiosks and not with standard computers. The manufacturer number of the correct configuration is: Mfg# C31CA85084. You will need to download and install the Epson TM-T88V printer driver separately when you connect the printer.

Browser Print Settings

By default, Evergreen will print using the browser's default printer and printer settings. Be sure to set the margins to 0/minimal and that the paper size is set correctly.

Firefox Page Setup

Set the margins

  1. File > Page Setup > Margins & Header/Footer tab
  2. Set Margins to 0 and Headers/Footers to blank

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Set the paper

  1. File > Print > Properties > Layout tab
  2. Set paper size to roll

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Chrome Page Setup

  1. Menu > Print > More Settings
  2. Set paper size to Roll
  3. Set margins to Minimum
  4. Uncheck Headers and footers

Automatic / silent Receipt Printing

If the workstation only needs to print to the receipt printer, and never to another printer, the browser can be configured to default to the receipt printer and auto-print so that the staff person will not have to acknowledge the print dialog box every time a receipt is printed.

Chrome Auto-Print Setup

  1. Close Chrome completely if it is currently open.
  2. Create a Chrome desktop shortcut.
  3. Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties.
  4. Click the Shortcut tab and in the Target field, add “ –disable-print-preview” to the end. It should look like this: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application” –disable-print-preview
  5. Click OK

Firefox Auto-Print Setup

FireFox provides two different ways to skip the dialog box when printing:

a) Through an Extension

  1. In Firefox, open the menu and select Add-ons.
  2. Select Extensions.
  3. Search for Seamless Print.
  4. Locate Seamless Print in the search results and click Install.
  5. A new print icon will be added to the browser's toolbar. Click it to configure seamless print as shown below:

Or b) by Manual Configuration

If you do not wish to install a browser extension, you may alter the Firefox configuration manually.

  1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar.
  2. Click the “I accept the risk!” button.
  3. Right-click on the list, select New, then select Boolean.
  4. Enter the preference name as “print.always_print_silent” (without the quotes) and click OK.
  5. Set the preference value to true. (If the preference name already exists, find it in the list, right-click, then click Toggle to change between false and true.)

Hatch

If you have more complex printing needs (such as printing to different printers under different circumstances), you can download and install Hatch:

Hatch Install Documentation

After installation, configure your printers in Evergreen by going to: Administration > Workstation > Printer Settings.

admin/workstations/printers.1502816558.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/10/11 20:15 (external edit)