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How to connect your receipt printer to Timely via your web browser

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Timely can turn invoices into PDF format by default, enabling you to print and email these as you wish. However, if you would also like to print receipts for your clients, you can do so through connecting a thermal receipt printer to Timely. In this article, you will learn how to set up your receipt printer with Timely via the web browser.

 

 

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How to connect and configure your printer

Before you can get receipts working in Timely, you will need to configure your printer to use Timely-friendly settings. See our help guides below for more information on configuring your printer:

 

 

How to enable thermal receipt printing on Timely

Next, you'll need to tell Timely to print receipts instead of invoices. To do this:

 

1 Head to setup > sales settings from the main menu.

 

2 Scroll down to the invoice printing settings section.

 

3 Next to each location, choose thermal receipt from the dropdown.

 

4 When you are ready, click save to apply your changes.

 

Timely note: when you are printing from the calendar, or when viewing the invoice, your invoice will be displayed and printed in receipt format. When you print an invoice from the sales tab this will print the invoice in the full PDF format, regardless of your settings.

 

 

How to configure Google Chrome for printing

The last step is to make sure that your receipts are printed at the correct size. This is done by adjusting your browser settings. To do this:

 

1 Open a sale in Timely and click the print button.

 

2 From the print preview screen, click more settings

 

3 Under paper size choose a paper size appropriate for the receipt printer.

 

  • For Star TSP100 / TSP113 / TSP143 on Microsoft Windows choose "72mm x Receipt"
  • For Star TSP100 / TSP113 / TSP143 on Mac choose "72mm x 2000mm"
  • For Star mPOP on Microsoft Windows choose "54mm x receipt"

 

4 Then uncheck the headers and footers box. If these are checked, then you may end up with a never-ending receipt! Next uncheck the background graphics option.

 

5 Lastly, click print and your receipt will start printing.

 

Looking for hardware? See our hardware page for links to thermal receipt printers, cash drawers and barcode scanner bundles.

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