Overview

This document details setting up the MicroPlus Kitchen Printing System. It is Ethernet based.



Step-by-Step

  1. Set up printer as generic text IP printer.

  2. Provide a printer name and click Share this printer (See Figure 1).

  3. In commandprompt, net use LPT2 \\COMPUTERNAME\SHARENAME /PERSISTENT:YES (See Figure 2).

    Figure 2: Check Status of Created Port


  4. Navigate to your BackOffice.
  5. In Hardware Configuration, under Computer Setup, add the printer as an LPT Printer, and provide a name (See Figure 3).
  6. In Hardware Configuration, under Terminal Setup, add the printer (See Figure 4).

Alternate Method

  1. Use the following script in the POS.vbs so that it launches with the POS which deletes the old mappings and recreate them.


Set objWSH = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objWSH.Run ".\vstart pos",0
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
PrinterPath = "\\shadab-pc\MP" 
Call RemovePrinter() 
Call AddPrinter(PrinterPath) 
Sub RemovePrinter()
On Error Resume Next
WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection "LPT1", true, true
End Sub
Sub AddPrinter(strPrinter)
On Error Resume Next
WshNetwork.AddPrinterConnection "LPT1", strPrinter
End Sub



Figure 1: Sharing the Printer


Figure 3: Hardware Setup


Figure 4: BackOffice Terminal Setup