pos multiple printer

All,

I just had a thought.  If I wanted to have one printer for a cook
station and one at the terminal for customers, is it possible to add 2
printers via jpos or the print receipt method? Just a nudge to the
right java or class file should do the trick.  Thanks gents!

Hi Branden,

I'm not sure to understand your question. These are 2 different machines rig
ht ? Then why not adding one printer on each machine
through their respective jpos.xlm ?

Jacques

From: "Branden Strickland" <openforbusinessman@gmail.com>
> All,
>
> I just had a thought.  If I wanted to have one printer for a cook
> station and one at the terminal for customers, is it possible to add 2
> printers via jpos or the print receipt method? Just a nudge to the
> right java or class file should do the trick.  Thanks gents!
>

It's two printers, one POS.

Generally, what happens in this scenario is when an order is entered, there'
s a printout in the kitchen that tells the cooks what to make.  I just looke
d at the JPOS objects and I didn't see any support for multiple printers.

I'm going to have to think about this more, but, at first blush, kitchen / b
ar printers might be better connected through a central server and not each 
individual POS (though the central server may be on the POS in BS's example)
.  This way, there wouldn't be an issue with multiple POS systems printing t
o the same kitchen / bar printers.  I vaguely remember doing a small amount 
of research on networked POS printers and being disappointed in their lack o
f support for connections from multiple clients, etc.

I'm not really up on the steps in the ordering process, does anyone know off
 the top of their head, what would be the service that accepts orders for fu
lfillment before payment is received?  Ideally, one would want the order rec
orded before sending orders to the kitchen, even if payment is deferred.

My 2c.

C

> From: jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com
> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
> Subject: Re: pos multiple printer
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:34:37 +0200
> 
> Hi Branden,
> 
> I'm not sure to understand your question. These are 2 different machines r
ight ? Then why not adding one printer on each machine 
> through their respective jpos.xlm ?
> 
> Jacques
> 
> From: "Branden Strickland" <openforbusinessman@gmail.com> 
> 

Never thought of networked printers only because I wasn't sure if
epson jpos supports it.  Ill have to look in to that. I think there is
a way to add to the deviceloader file rom what my dev tells me.  What
is the journal entry for in the pos-compnent.xml used for?

On 6/13/08, Christopher L <clearchris@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It's two printers, one POS.
>
> Generally, what happens in this scenario is when an order is entered,
> there's a printout in the kitchen that tells the cooks what to make.  I ju
st
> looked at the JPOS objects and I didn't see any support for multiple
> printers.
>
> I'm going to have to think about this more, but, at first blush, kitchen /
> bar printers might be better connected through a central server and not ea
ch
> individual POS (though the central server may be on the POS in BS's
> example).  This way, there wouldn't be an issue with multiple POS systems
> printing to the same kitchen / bar printers.  I vaguely remember doing a
> small amount of research on networked POS printers and being disappointed 
in
> their lack of support for connections from multiple clients, etc.
>
> I'm not really up on the steps in the ordering process, does anyone know o
ff
> the top of their head, what would be the service that accepts orders for
> fulfillment before payment is received?  Ideally, one would want the order
> recorded before sending orders to the kitchen, even if payment is deferred
.
>
> My 2c.
>
> C
> 
>