Squirrel Printer in Aloha 1

[juancruzhurtado]

Hey everyone,

I have some printers from a Squirrel POS system that I would like to use with Aloha.
Is this possible?
The printers are regular Epson printers, but some of the settings seem to be "embedded" into the printer and cannot be changed neither by deep switches nor by the usual process of pressing buttons a certain number of times, etc.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much, as always.

Juan

 

[AlohaRoss]

My experience with Squirrel Printers, is they use a different firmware. Even setting the correct dip switches on dip1 3,5,6 on impact and 3,5,6,7 on thermal they still did not work. You can find very reasonably priced used printers on Ebay.

AlohaRoss

http://www.needalohahelp.com

 

[juancruzhurtado]

Yeah, that's what I thought.
Thank you as always, Ross.

Juan

 

[juancruzhurtado]

Ross, one more question.
I plan to connect this printer to a terminal that already has two other printers connected to it, so both COM ports are being used.
Should I get a USB model? Do those work ok with Aloha?

Thank you again,

Juan

 

[AlohaRoss]

If you are not familiar with how opos and USB work and you dont have any more com ports I would suggest putting the printer in a different machine.

AlohaRoss

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[juancruzhurtado]

Or directly an ethernet version, right?
Is configuring the USB version too complicated?

Thanks

 

[AlohaRoss]

even Ethernet would be opos. skype me if you can and we can take this off line

AlohaRoss

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[MakerofRain]

There are reputable companies that will reflash the main boards of the Squirrel branded epson tm88s to make them generically available for any system.
They charge about $25.00 - maybe a little more, maybe a little less - for each board and have a great reputation and quick turnaround.
post me a message if you would like their contact info.
I do jot work for them, but have used them many times over many years.

 

[juancruzhurtado]

MakeofRain, please sent me that info.

Thanks!

Juan

 

[coorsman]

The Squirrel printer is a serial connection. You will have to set the DIP switches for Aloha and use the correct adapters.


Cheers,
Coorsman