Stuck on "Printer Templates"

Aksel · February 21, 2014, 1:45pm

Wanting to swich from V2 to V4 but have been stuck since several hours on how to redo the coding for the printer templates. I just cant get my head around the new system. Can somebody help me convert these three templates from V2 to V4 format please:

Printer Template 1 (Tax Invoice Template)

<J00>
<J00>Date:{TICKET DATE}|Table No:{TABLE}
<J00>
<F>-
<J00>- {QUANTITY} {NAME}|{TOTAL AMOUNT}
        * {PROPERTIES}

<J00>* {QUANTITY} {NAME} | GIFT 

<F>-
<J00>{IF DISCOUNT}
<EB>
<J10>Total:|{TICKET TOTAL}
{BALANCE}
<DB>
<L>
<J00>============== Tax Details ===============
<J00>GST Total :| {TAX TOTAL}
<J00>
<EB>
<F>*
<L>    * Thank you for dining with us! *
<F>*
<DB>

Printer Template 2 (Kitchen Orders Template)

<J02>{USER NAME}
<L>
<L00>Ticket No:{TICKET NO}
<J00>Date:{TICKET DATE}
<EB>
<J01>|Time:{TIME}
<L>
<J01>|{TICKET TAG:Guest Count}
<L>
<F>-
<L>
<J01> |Table No:{TABLE} 
<F>-
<L>
[<J01>Order Note
<L>
<L>
<J00>{NOTE}
<L>] 
<DB>

<C00>
{ITEM TAG}
<F>-

<L>
<EB>
<J01>{QUANTITY} {NAME}
        * {PROPERTIES}
<DB>

<EB>
<J01>{QUANTITY} {NAME}
        * {PROPERTIES}
<DB>

<EB>
<J01>**VOID**{QUANTITY} {NAME}
        * {PROPERTIES}
<DB>

Printer Template 3 (Internal Invoice Template)

<C01>Internal Docket
<L>
<L>
<J10>Date:{TICKET DATE}|Table No: {TABLE}
<J10>|{TICKET TAG:Guest Count}
<J10>|Ticket Number: {TICKET NO}
<L>
<J10>Order Taken: {TICKET TIME}
<J10>Time of Payment: {TIME}
<L>
<F>-

<J10>- {QUANTITY} {NAME}|{TOTAL AMOUNT}
        * {PROPERTIES}

<J10>* {QUANTITY} {NAME} | {TOTAL AMOUNT} GIFT

<J10>* {QUANTITY} {NAME}|{TOTAL AMOUNT} VOID
        * {PROPERTIES}

<EB>
<F>-
<J10>{IF DISCOUNT}
<J10>Payment TOTAL:|{PAYMENT TOTAL}

<J10>Tendered|${TICKETTAG:Tendered}
<J10>Change Due|${TICKETTAG:Change Due}


<DB>
<L>
<J00>============== Tax Details ===============
<J10>GST Total :| {TAX TOTAL}
<L>
<L>
<C01>Internal Docket
<L>

Any help would be much appriciated.

Anybody please?

JohnS · February 21, 2014, 11:24pm

Printer Template 1

[LAYOUT]
-- General layout

<J00>
<J00>Date:{TICKET DATE}|Table No:{ENTITY NAME:Table}
<J00>
<F>-
{ORDERS}
<F>-
{DISCOUNTS}
<J10>Total:|{TICKET TOTAL}
{BALANCE}
<DB>
<L>
<J00>============== Tax Details ===============
<J00>GST Total :| {TAX TOTAL}
<J00>
<EB>
<F>*
<L>    * Thank you for dining with us! *
<F>*
<DB>

[DISCOUNTS]
<J00>{CALCULATION NAME} %{CALCULATION AMOUNT}|{CALCULATION TOTAL}

[ORDERS]
-- Default format for orders
<J00>- {QUANTITY} {NAME}|{TOTAL AMOUNT}
{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}

That’s all I can do now. Have to go and do some work

Aksel · February 22, 2014, 1:34am

John you are AMAZING !!!

I think I can reverse engineer what you did and apply it to thePrinter Templates.Fingers crossed I dont get too stuck

Aksel · February 22, 2014, 3:58am

So i reverse engineed what you did and it works a treat ! I sill dont understand what I was doing but it works!

My last question before I install this in our restaurant is that I would also like to print on the receipt whether the customer paid with credit card or by cash. How do I go about that? (never got this function to work on V2 either)

JohnS · February 22, 2014, 5:46am

Use {PAYMENT} printer tag

Aksel · February 22, 2014, 7:21am

Can you elaborate on that a bit please

JohnS · February 22, 2014, 7:46am

Have a look at http://sambapos.org/wiki/doku.php/en/creating_printer_templates

JohnS · February 22, 2014, 8:25am

This is a Receipt Template I designed for a customer

[LAYOUT]
-- General layout
<EB>
<C11>Tumut Motorcycle
<C11>Accessories Pty Ltd
<L>
<C00>78 Adelong Road, Tumut NSW 2720
<C00>Phone: (02) 6947 1797   Fax: (02) 6947 1293
<C00>ABN: 89 092 507 830
<DB>
<L>
<C00>Website: www.tmatumut.com.au
<C00>Email: sales@tmatumut.com.au
<L>
<J00>Date: {TICKET DATE}|Tax Invoice:| {TICKET NO}
<J00>Time: {TIME}|Sales Rep: {ENTITY NAME:Staff}
<L>
{ENTITIES}
<L00>------------------ Items -------------------
<L>
{ORDERS}
[<L00>------------------ Notes -------------------
<L>
{NOTE}
<L>]
<L00>------------------ Total -------------------
{DISCOUNTS}
-- [<J00>Total Gift|${ORDER STATE TOTAL:Gift}]
<J00>GST (Inc)|$[=F(TN('{TICKET TOTAL}') - TN('{TICKET TOTAL}')/1.1)]
<EB>
<J01>Total|$ {TICKET TOTAL}
<DB>
<J00>Tendered|${TENDERED TOTAL}
<J00>Change|${CHANGE TOTAL}
[<L00>----------------- Payment ------------------
{PAYMENTS}]
<F>-
<C10>T H A N K   Y O U
<L>
<L>
<C00>Returns only accepted within 7 days
<C00>from purchase and in original packaging.


[DISCOUNTS]
<J00>{CALCULATION NAME}[=F('{CALCULATION AMOUNT}')]|{CALCULATION TOTAL}

[PAYMENTS]
<J00>{PAYMENT NAME}|${PAYMENT AMOUNT}

[ORDERS]
-- Default format for orders
<L00>{NAME}
<J00>{ORDER TAGS}|{QUANTITY}x ${TOTAL}
<L>

[ORDERS:Gift]
-- Format for gifted orders
<L00>{NAME}
<R00>{QUANTITY}x *GIFT*
{ORDER TAGS}
<L>

[ORDERS:Void]
-- Nothing will print for void lines

[ORDER TAGS]
-- Format for order tags
* {ORDER TAG NAME} - RRP ${PRICE}

[ENTITIES:Customer]
-- Customer entity format
<C00>Account: {ENTITY NAME}
<C00>Balance: $[=F(0-TN('{ENTITY BALANCE}'))]
<L>

[ENTITIES:Layby]
-- Customer entity format
<C00>Layby: {ENTITY NAME}
<C00>Balance: $[=F(0-TN('{ENTITY BALANCE}'))]
<L>

[ENTITIES:Gift Certificate]
-- Customer entity format
<C00>Gift Certificate: {ENTITY NAME}
<C00>Balance: $[=F(0-TN('{ENTITY BALANCE}'))]
<QR>{ENTITY NAME}
<L>

madiha · May 20, 2014, 11:53pm

@JohnS the above reeipt template was a great help!!! thanks in deed.

can we remove receipt header space

beacuse when i print a receipt it leaves some space which indicates the header space i think

and when use tag - it prints ---- till the start of next line…where i am suppose to change the setting

JohnS · May 21, 2014, 12:01pm

Can you post a sample printout and also your printer template.

madiha · May 23, 2014, 5:26pm

@JohnS here is the sample

[LAYOUT]
-- General layout
<BMP>C:\logo.bmp
<EB>
   <C11>BAR & FOOD RESTAURANT
<L>

<C00>PHONE: 65-62961222
<DB>
<L>
<J00>Date:{TICKET DATE}|RECEIPT No:| {TICKET NO} 
<J00>Time:{TIME}|SALES REP:{ENTITY NAME:USER NAME}
<L>
{ENTITIES}
<L00>----------------ITEMS-----------------------
<L>
{ORDERS}
[<L00>---------------NOTES----------------------
<L>
{NOTE}
<L>]
<L00>---------------------TOTAL-------------------
{DISCOUNTS}
--[<J00>Total Gift:|${ORDER STATE TOTAL:Gift}]
<EB>
<J10>Total:|${TICKET TOTAL}
<DB>
<J10>AMOUNT PAID:|${TENDERED TOTAL}
<J10>CHANGE DUE:|${CHANGE TOTAL}
[<L00>------------PAYMENT---------------------
{PAYMENTS}]
<F>-
<C10>T H A N K   Y O U

[DISCOUNTS]
<J00>{CALCULATION NAME}[=F('{CALCULATION AMOUNT}')]|{CALCULATION TOTAL}

[PAYMENTS]
<J00>{PAYMENT NAME}|${PAYMENT AMOUNT}

[ORDERS]
-- Default format for orders
<L00>{NAME}
<J00>{ORDER TAGS}|{QUANTITY}X ${TOTAL PRICE}
<L>

[ORDERS:Gift]
-- Format for gifted orders
<L00>{NAME}
<J00>{QUANTITY}X *GIFT*
{ORDER TAGS}
<L>

[ORDERS:Void]
-- Nothing will print for void lines

[ORDER TAGS]
-- Format for order tags
<J00> * {ORDER TAG NAME} |$ {ORDER TAG PRICE}


[ENTITIES:Customer]
-- Customer entity format
<C00>Customer: {ENTITY NAME} 
<C00>BALANCE: $[=F(0-TN('{ENTITY BALANCE}'))]
<L>

[ENTITIES:Gift Certificate]
-- Customer entity format
<C00>Gift Certificate: {ENTITY NAME} 
<C00>BALANCE: $[=F(0-TN('{ENTITY BALANCE}'))]
<QR>{ENTITY NAME}
<L>

QMcKay · May 23, 2014, 5:35pm

To avoid wrapping to the next line, try reducing the Line Character Count setting by 2 in your Printer settings.

Settings > Printers > Ticket Printer

Reducing the header space on a print is specific to the printer (driver), and you may not be able to decrease it any further - this allows room for CUT.

madiha · May 25, 2014, 8:34am

ok will try n let u know but what about the logo why didnt it print?

<EB
BAR & FOOD RESTAURANT

PHONE: 65-62961222
<DB

why blue button not shown in bold and not in centre

JohnS · May 25, 2014, 9:16am

Looks like your logo might be corrupt.
Have you also made sure that the logo is black and white only.

madiha · May 30, 2014, 12:32pm

I have try with two different logo and made sure its black and white still the logo is not printing

JohnS · May 30, 2014, 12:52pm

Let me guess, an Epson U220 dot matrix printer ?

madiha · May 30, 2014, 2:37pm

yes its epson tm u220 dot matrix so it means cant print on dot matrix

but during the test page it does print the windows logo

JohnS · May 30, 2014, 11:58pm

We seem to have issues with the U220 not handling the print outs properly.

madiha · May 31, 2014, 4:42am

ok thanks … so the - was printing till the next line because of the dot matrix issue?

JohnS · May 31, 2014, 4:53am

No. It’s because your Line Character Count in Printer setup is too high.