I’m happy to say I have just released a printer extension for TastyIgniter to the market place. https://tastyigniter.com/marketplace/item/thoughtco-printer It supports USB (ESC/POS), IP/Network Printing (ESC/POS) and printing through the Epson ePOS network web service. You can add multiple printers per location, format the docket per printer, and can limit what is printed to each device by category selection. A huge thanks to those who helped beta test this extension - your feedback was really valuable and I appreciate all your time. If you have any questions about the extension, check through the readme, but if that doesn’t help add your questions here or message me on slack ( https://tastyigniter.slack.com/team/U013ENYFQLR ) and I’ll do my best to help.

Hey, I just paid for the extension. It still doesn’t show up on my admin panel. How does this exactly work ?

raj I’m not sure of the inner workings of the marketplace, but @sampoyigi replied to a similar comment here: https://forum.tastyigniter.com/d/1929-how-the-heck-do-you-install-an-extension/3

The caching issue was fixed in v3.0.4-beta.22 so the item will appear in the admin dashboard after purchase if you are using the latest version.

Wow this is awesome! Will probably buy this in the next few weeks.

I couldn’t do the settings, can you take a video of installation and setup please,

@bima the settings very much depend on your local printer setup, so a video would not be universal. Feel free to reach out to me on Slack and I will guide you as best I can.

ESC/POS Printing

bima

Thanks, when I click on the print button, a new page opens.
(1/1) ErrorException
Array to string conversion
in StringParser.php line 59

this error page opens

ryanmitchell

@bima if you apply the fix in this commit, that should go away:
https://github.com/tastyigniter/flame/pull/11/commits/820e7cee3599d9096596397beff8db8843feeeb5

bima

Thanks, the problem has been fixed, but the order total information is missing in the order receipt.

ryanmitchell

bima as in the info is blank or the variable remains in the print out? Might be easier to reach out on slack and we can debug.

bima

prices are missing , the price should be 15.20 €, but the 5.20 € , out of the printer does not write the value at the beginning of the price

bima

I found the problem, the printer does not print the euro sign. It’s a very strange problem.

bima

I deleted the printer’s standard print template, you can share it again
order for delivery
order ..
datum
…..

bima

Setting / Printer setting / output format :

I deleted the output format template, share the template please.

ryanmitchell

@bina if you aren’t seeing the Euro character you need to ensure the character set on the printer is set to one that includes it. I tend to use cp1252 to get euro and pound symbol support. This can usually be changed in the software that the printer manufacturer supplies.

The default receipt format is:

# {location_name}
### {location_address}
### Phone: {location_telephone}
-----
## Order for {order_type}
## Order #: {order_id}
## {order_date} {order_time}
## {order_payment}
-----
{customer_name}
{telephone}
{order_address}
-----
{order_menus}
{menu_quantity}x {menu_name}
{menu_options}{menu_option_name}{/menu_options}
{menu_price}
{/order_menus}
-----
{order_totals}
### {order_total_title}: {order_total_value}{/order_totals}
-----
### {site_url}

bima

ryanmitchell Thank you for your help

bima

ryanmitchell the character problem continues, does anyone know, I think I will buy a new printer.

ryanmitchell

bima can you reach out to me on slack so I can help? This forum isnt great for real time interaction. I’m free now to help.

ryanmitchell

bima I think I’ve been able to replicate the issue with the symbol not printing. Give me a few days to look into it and try and get a resolution.

ryanmitchell

@bima I’ve been able to fix the problem and have pushed v1.0.6 of the extension. This fix enforces wp1252 encoding on the printer, and replaces euro and pound symbols with their correct character string.

If you are using the print proxy program, you will need to download and update to v1.0.2 as there is a fix on it as well.

conkam

Hi Ryan
Does it also print online orders in the kitchen when they come in?

ryanmitchell

@conkam Yes if your printer is in the kitchen then you can autoprint orders directly to it as long as it is on the same network, or connected by USB to the computer logged into TastyIgniter

conkam

ryanmitchell Thanks i just have to be sure. When the customer make orders from website how does it know which IP address it should print to automatically without some is taking action like clicking on the print button?

ryanmitchell

You assign printers to locations, so when an order comes in for a location it tries to print on any printer(s) set up for that location. You specify the printer IP address in the settings.

conkam

ryanmitchell But the website is hosted by a vendor they are not in the same network. But i have a tablet with android on the restaurant is it the software on tablet that tries print or is it the database that tries to print?

ryanmitchell

@conkam If the computer and browser accessing teh system is in the same network it can make a local connection, which is what the extension does. The connection does not go through the web server.

conkam

ryanmitchell Super, how does it know that and order has popped in and it has not yet been printed?