1. Installation tutorial of needle-type receipt printer
If you need to print bills for your work, you may use a needle-type printer. The newly purchased needle-type printer needs to be installed before it can be used. After the replacement of the printer or the completion of the computer system, the dot matrix printer needs to be reinstalled, so how to install the dot matrix printer?
1. Unpack the box, take out the printer, paper guide, and ribbon holder, first install the paper guide, press it in in the direction of the arrow, and hear a clicking sound, indicating that the installation is successful.
2. Open the front cover of the printer, remove the protective material (white piece of paper) inside the printer, pull back the paper platen, and then turn the platen up after pulling it back.
3. Install the ribbon holder, insert the ribbon holder into the printer, then press both sides of the ribbon holder firmly, and fasten the plastic hooks into the printer slot, hold the ribbon guide and print along the Slide the rails on either side of the head slot until it clicks into place, turn the knob on the holding ribbon to help the ribbon fit in place, and close the platen and printer cover.
4. Push the sprocket locking lever up to unlock it, move the left sprocket to the leftmost position, and push the sprocket locking lever down to lock it, slide the right sprocket to fit the width of the continuous paper .
5. Slide the central paper support block to the middle position of the left and right sprockets, open the sprocket covers on both sides, and pass the holes of the continuous paper to the teeth of the sprockets. And make sure the printable side is facing up, close the sprocket cover. Slide the right sprocket to flatten the paper, and then push the right sprocket lock lever down to lock it in this position.
6. Pull the paper control lever forward to the continuous paper feeding position, click the “feed/eject” button on the front of the printer, the paper will enter the printer, and the printer is ready.
7. Connect the data cable and connect the other end to the computer. The system will directly recognize the printer and download and install the driver. If there is no automatic recognition, you can download the driver and install it by yourself. Use a dot-type receipt printer.
Second, how to install the driver for the receipt dot matrix printer
Connect the dot matrix printer to the computer with a USB cable or a parallel cable, turn on the printer power, The computer will automatically install the driver of the dot matrix printer. If it cannot be installed automatically, you can download and install the driver manually or insert the CD-ROM driver. The specific installation method is as follows:
1. Click the “Start” button, select “Device and Printer”, select “Add a printer” in the new window, select “Add a local printer”.
2. In the pop-up window, you will be asked to select the printer port. If you use a USB cable to connect, please select “USB00X”, if you use a parallel port cable to connect, please select “LPT1”, and then click Next.
3. Select “Manufacturer” and “Printer Model” in the installation of the dot matrix printer driver, then click Add from Disk, select the location of the downloaded driver or CD, click OK, click Next, Enter the printer name in the pop-up window and wait for the installation to complete.
