Micros printing help

[jraymond4321]

Does anyone know if there is a way to print to a Micros printer from another application? I am thinking 3700 terminals specifically. I assume Micros "locks" the printers, just like Aloha and Positouch.

I have an application that supports both Windows Printers and OPOS drivers.

If the Micros printers are setup with OPOS drivers, will they allow my application to send a print job via OPOS?

Aloha has a utility to send a text file to a printer.

Does Micros have anything like that? Or is it possible to upload an XML file to be sent to a prep/check printer?

Any ideas would be helpful. I am looking for a way to send a print job to a receipt printer.

Thanks.

 

[pmegan]

There's no direct access to the printers outside of POS Operations that I know of. This is proabably because the 3700 printers are run by the workstations instead of the servers.

I'd try dumping it as a text file onto the Micros server and then picking it up and printing it through a SIM idle event. You can write it so that only one workstation, or the server, will do the processing. Using the server will probably keep the lag time to a minimum.

Micros also introduced an API interface a little while ago. I haven't used it or really looked into it, but you may be able to get some printing going that way.

 

[DrZogg]

OPOS drivers are meant to make the printer available on the network to any OS. Remember that this therefore requires IP boards and IP addresses.