# Having trouble initializing printer

**URL:** <https://forum.sambapos.com/t/having-trouble-initializing-printer/8227>\
**Category:** V5 Question\
**Created:** [November 21, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/having-trouble-initializing-printer/8227 "2015-11-21T23:21:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jesse](https://forum.sambapos.com/user_avatar/forum.sambapos.com/jesse/32/61493_2.png) [@Jesse](https://forum.sambapos.com/u/Jesse)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/having-trouble-initializing-printer/8227/3 "2015-11-22T00:45:49Z")

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> [@Printing Tutorial in Detail](http://forum.sambapos.com/t/printing-tutorial-in-detail/994):
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> Hello. In this tutorial I’ll show you how printing works and how to configure it for most common cases. #How it works? In this section I’ll show you how SambaPOS printing system works. ##Printers These are the printers that are used on your system. To configure your printer start by adding a printer here. For this example I’ll add a Bar Printer Enter a name for your printer and select your printer from drop down list. If it is a network printer you can also type it’s n…

And this explains the template tags etc.

> [@Printer Template Formatting Tags](http://forum.sambapos.com/t/printer-template-formatting-tags/328):
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> ##General \<T\> (Title) : When used it will format line as a title. \<F\> (Fill) : For example \<F\>- creates a line with - chars or \<F\>= creates a line with = chars. \<EB\> (Enable Bold) Prints everything Bold until \<DB\> command. \<DB\> (Disable Bold) Ends \<EB\> command \<Jxy\> (Justified) Justifies a line from pipe char. \<J00\>Total:|0.00 separates line from pipe (|) char. It aligns Total: part left and 0.00 part right. When used on a ESC/POS compatible ticket printer numeric parts sets font size. Fi…

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