Epson TM T88 Receipt Printers

Advanced Driver
The advanced driver used to be named ADT205e.exe, adt206e.exe, adt210e.exe, etc. The replacement to these is the ATM_304E.exe series. Now if only Epson would make these drivers easier to find...

Cash Drawer Cable
The RCA (AKA phono) -> RJ12 - 6 wire (phone cable look-alike but not) cash drawer cable is not really that unique for a single cash drawer situation. I think that the 6 conductor wire allows for two cash drawers to be run from a single Epson receipt printer.

NOT sold with receipt printer. Typically bundled with cash drawer.

Epson Drawer Kick ( DK ) connector - 6 Pin connector - left to right when facing end.
- Pin 1 - Frame GND
- Pin 2 - Drawer 1 Kick-out signal (output)
- Pin 3 - Drawer open/close signal (Input)
- Pin 4 - 24V
- Pin 5 - Drawer 2 kick-out signal (output)
- Pin 6 - Signal GND

http://www.beaglehardware.com/howtoprogramcashdrawer.html

You can make a working cable using a 4 wire phone RJ11 cord and an RCA cord (only supports 1 drawer, I think):
- Green goes connects to the centre pin of the RCA plug - I think this maps to pin 4 on the 6 pin.
- Black goes to the outer ring of the RCA plug - I think this maps to pin 2 on the 6 pin connector

Test Page:

Turn the printer off then put your finger on the feed button and hold it there while you turn it back on you do not need to have it hooked up to the computer to do this.

Open Cash Drawer:

https://www.beaglehardware.com/howtoopencashdrawer.html

This page suggests sending a longer pulse to open the cash drawer... haven't tested.

Under Document Settings

Select Send Command

The command to enter is: 1B 70 00 C8 FA

Using the Send command as on option will generate a 200ms pulse to the cash drawer #1 line.

Open Cash Drawer w/o Epson Driver:

(Not Tested by Me)

WITHOUT EPSON-COMPATIBLE PRINTER DRIVER

Create a new printer using the Generic/Text Only driver. (Installation instructions.)

Verify that a Windows test page will print. (Instructions.) If a Windows test page will not print, the printer requires troubleshooting first.

Right-click the Generic/Text Only printer in the Printers and Faxes window, then click the Print Commands tab. Type <1B>p055 in the End Print Job field.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, then click Notepad. Type test. Click File and then click Print. Assure that Generic/Text Only is selected in the list of printers, then click Print.

Your cash drawer should now open, assuming it is correctly connected and functional. If you hear a clicking noise, but the drawer does not open, be certain the drawer is unlocked.

https://posguys.com/Faq/Details/1048/How-do-I-test-a-cash-drawer-with-my-Epson-or-Epson-compatible--e-g-POS-X-Citizen--printer

Printer Not Available

Multiple USB ports may have been generated. Printer may be mapped to the wrong (software) port.
- Windows 7 - Print Management
- Driver installed properly + USB not plugged in - will show "Not Available" also.
- I've had to uninstall and reinstall a few times to get these to work.

Lights (On a TM T88 V)

First light from top, lightning bolt in circle icon is normally solid green.
Second light, "error" is normally not lit.
Third light, rectangular, "paper", duh

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