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EPSON TM88III PRINTER PROBLEM Lisa 03-12-2006
Posted by Lisa on March 12, 2006, 12:38 pm
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 I PURCHASED A EPSON TM THERMAL RECEIPT PRINTER WITH SERIAL PORT. AFTER
WORKING WITH MY PARTNER AND EPSON WE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WITH MY PRINTER
WAS PROBABLY THE SERIAL PORT. THE TEST PRINT ON THE PRINTER WAS SUPER FAST.
WHEN PRINTING THE ACTUAL RECEIPT IT TOOK ALMOST A MINUTE TO PRINT THE
RECEIPT. WAS USING WINDOWS DRIVER AND I BELIEVE WE EVEN TRIED THE OPOS
DRIVER.

HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD SIMILIAR PROBLEMS WITH THE PRINTER?

I AM RETURNING THAT PRINTER AND AM ORDERING ONE WITH USB CONNECTION. HAS
ANYONE HAD ANY PROBLEMS PRINTING RECEIPTS ON THIS ESPON WITH A USB PORT?

THANKS


Posted by Kinnard on March 12, 2006, 1:13 pm
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 Lisa, I would doubt that the problem is with your serial port, my experience
is that the port is either good or bad, and not cause your printer to print
slow. Microsoft recommends that you uninstall the Epson Windows driver and
use the Epson OPOS driver that you can download from EpsonExpert.com. I have
never had a problem with the Epson TM-T88III. As you configure the OPOS
driver, remember to choose the Common Control Object, not the Epson Control
Object. Also, does the printer print slow or just take an extended period of
time before it starts to print? This could be a cash drawer issue. I had
this issue and had to make a change in the Epson Cash Drawer OPOS settings,
In the Device Specific Settings Radio Button, select the High Open Status
Phase option.

Kinnard L. Kohler
Business Machines Systems
6101 South Shackleford Road
Little Rock, AR 72204-8606
(T) 501-375-8380
(F) 501-375-0043
(Cell) 501-412-5686
Email: kinnard@removebmsar.com
"Lisa" wrote:

> I PURCHASED A EPSON TM THERMAL RECEIPT PRINTER WITH SERIAL PORT. AFTER
> WORKING WITH MY PARTNER AND EPSON WE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WITH MY PRINTER
> WAS PROBABLY THE SERIAL PORT. THE TEST PRINT ON THE PRINTER WAS SUPER FAST.
> WHEN PRINTING THE ACTUAL RECEIPT IT TOOK ALMOST A MINUTE TO PRINT THE
> RECEIPT. WAS USING WINDOWS DRIVER AND I BELIEVE WE EVEN TRIED THE OPOS
> DRIVER.
>
> HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD SIMILIAR PROBLEMS WITH THE PRINTER?
>
> I AM RETURNING THAT PRINTER AND AM ORDERING ONE WITH USB CONNECTION. HAS
> ANYONE HAD ANY PROBLEMS PRINTING RECEIPTS ON THIS ESPON WITH A USB PORT?
>
> THANKS
>

Posted by BlazingFox on March 12, 2006, 8:38 pm
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Lisa,

The Epson Windows Printer Driver prints the receipt in graphics mode
which is MUCH slower than standard text mode. This is why you shouldn't
use the Windows driver. Also, your serial port speed setting (baud
rate) could have something to do with it as well. If you have
configured both the printer and port baud rates at something like 9600
bps, it will literally print 4 times slower than if you set it at
38,400 bps.

It is hard to say why your printer appears to be printing so slowly but
I would guess that using OPOS would help solve the problem.


Posted by Wearearewe on May 3, 2006, 11:35 am
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Kinnard,

We've used the TM88iii/Serial sucessfully for years using the Generic Text
Driver and have recently tried a USB which forces you to use the Epson
Advanced Driver. USB performance is 10 fold slower than Serial and it's
obviously the driver, do you have any idea how to resolve this?

I understand that I can continue using a Serial Port with the Generic Text
Driver but it would be nice to have a USB solution.

TIA

Jeff



"Kinnard" wrote:

> Lisa, I would doubt that the problem is with your serial port, my experience
> is that the port is either good or bad, and not cause your printer to print
> slow. Microsoft recommends that you uninstall the Epson Windows driver and
> use the Epson OPOS driver that you can download from EpsonExpert.com. I have
> never had a problem with the Epson TM-T88III. As you configure the OPOS
> driver, remember to choose the Common Control Object, not the Epson Control
> Object. Also, does the printer print slow or just take an extended period of
> time before it starts to print? This could be a cash drawer issue. I had
> this issue and had to make a change in the Epson Cash Drawer OPOS settings,
> In the Device Specific Settings Radio Button, select the High Open Status
> Phase option.
>
> Kinnard L. Kohler
> Business Machines Systems
> 6101 South Shackleford Road
> Little Rock, AR 72204-8606
> (T) 501-375-8380
> (F) 501-375-0043
> (Cell) 501-412-5686
> Email: kinnard@removebmsar.com
> "Lisa" wrote:
>
> > I PURCHASED A EPSON TM THERMAL RECEIPT PRINTER WITH SERIAL PORT. AFTER
> > WORKING WITH MY PARTNER AND EPSON WE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WITH MY PRINTER
> > WAS PROBABLY THE SERIAL PORT. THE TEST PRINT ON THE PRINTER WAS SUPER FAST.

> > WHEN PRINTING THE ACTUAL RECEIPT IT TOOK ALMOST A MINUTE TO PRINT THE
> > RECEIPT. WAS USING WINDOWS DRIVER AND I BELIEVE WE EVEN TRIED THE OPOS
> > DRIVER.
> >
> > HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD SIMILIAR PROBLEMS WITH THE PRINTER?
> >
> > I AM RETURNING THAT PRINTER AND AM ORDERING ONE WITH USB CONNECTION. HAS
> > ANYONE HAD ANY PROBLEMS PRINTING RECEIPTS ON THIS ESPON WITH A USB PORT?
> >
> > THANKS
> >

Posted by rick on March 13, 2006, 10:28 am
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Replace the Epson with a star TSP-700usb use the raster drivers with windows
and your good to go as fast or faster than the Epson. Or use the TSP-100usb
and get fancy graphics printing.



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