Hello Folks,
I would like to use Google Cloud print to print receipts with sambspos V5.
How can i tell sambapos to send the print to the google cloud print which has my thermal printer connected to the cloud?
Sincerely,
Kam
Sambapos just refers to the printers configured within Windows, just setup as a Windows printer then select that printer in the printer name field.
Heres the scenario,
I have installed google cloud print on my laptop which has the Thermal printer connected to it and have associated it to my google account.
On my other laptop where i have sambapos installed i have installed google cloud printer, and told samba to send the print out there. It does send the print out how ever on the other end where the printer is connected a blank page only prints out.
Test printing from notepad.
Select Windows printer rather than POS/xct
I have the following settings and the print is now working how ever not aligned anymore
My ticket printer template is:
[LAYOUT]
-- General layout
<EB>
<T>Golden Dragon Restaurant
<DB>
<L00>Date:{TICKET DATE}
<L00>Time:{TIME}
{ENTITIES}
<L00>Ticket No:{TICKET NO}
<L00>Waiter:{TICKET TAG:Waiter}
<L00>Covers:{TICKET TAG:Covers}
<F>-
{ORDERS}
<F>=
<EB>
<J00>Subtotal:|[=F(TN('{PLAIN TOTAL}')-TN('{TAX TOTAL}'))]
{DISCOUNTS}
{TAXES}
[<J10>Total Gift:|{ORDER STATE TOTAL:Gift}]
{SERVICES}
<J10>Total:|{TICKET TOTAL}
{PAYMENTS}
<DB>
<F>=
<C10>T H A N K Y O U
[DISCOUNTS]
<J00>{CALCULATION NAME} %{CALCULATION AMOUNT}|{CALCULATION TOTAL}
[SERVICES]
<J00>{CALCULATION NAME}|{CALCULATION TOTAL}
[PAYMENTS]
<J00>{PAYMENT NAME}|{TENDERED TOTAL}
<J00>Change Due:|{CHANGE TOTAL}
[ORDERS]
<J00>- {QUANTITY} [='{NAME}'.substr(0,24)]|{TOTAL PRICE}
[='{NAME}'.substr(24,48) == '' ? '' : '<L00> ' + '{NAME}'.substr(24,48)]
{ORDER TAGS}
[ORDERS:Gift]
-- Format for gifted orders
<J00>- {QUANTITY} {NAME}|**GIFT**
{ORDER TAGS}
[ORDERS:Void]
-- Nothing will print for void lines
[ORDER TAGS]
-- Format for order tags
<J00> * {ORDER TAG NAME} | {ORDER TAG PRICE}
[ENTITIES:Table]
-- Table entity format
<L00>Table: {ENTITY NAME}
[ENTITIES:Customer]
-- Customer entity format
<J00>Customer: {ENTITY NAME} | {ENTITY DATA:Phone}
[TAXES]
<J00>{TAX NAME}|{TAX AMOUNT}
It worked after changing to Windows PC?
yes how ever the actually print out is not coming out aligned properly. Google Cloud Print uses the chrome browser to send the print to the remote printer, how ever in default settings you wont see the paper size settings for the thermal printer as such i choose the closest which is the Japanese Envelope setting.
Doesn’t seem normal to me, usually if you have correct drivers most printer list the usual 80 mm or maybe 78mm by something Ike 10meters.
Chrome etc should really just see the available Windows driver options, maybe check you click printer propsrites rather than just using the basic options which pop up.
All thatsaid have never used cloud print.
Why are you doing this can I ask?
Printer is portable hence needs to use cloud to send print to it.
Ok, but surely it connects to wifi and you could setup as network printer?
I imagine it can be wired? I would start by setting up local/wired first to make you that works as expected then work on using cloud print if it really is needed.
You havent said what type of business so perhaps explain the use of ‘portable’ and how portable that really is.