Chinese No-Name 58mm Thermal Receipt Printer
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2019
- Originally recorded June 20, 2018.
Wanted a new toy and came across this thermal receipt printer. I didn't own one and figured I should have one to add to my printer collection. Found this one on ebay, brand new, without any sort of brand name or marking.
This one connects via USB, although allegedly, Ethernet, serial, parallel, and Bluetooth versions are available. It has a RJ11-looking connector for a "cash drawer", though there's virtually no documentation (that's at least in English) that comes with it, explaining how to program it or cause it to happen. The dodgy software that comes with it allegedly has a button you can click on that will initiate that command, but being that I don't have a cash drawer, it's a moot point.
The bottom line is that although it takes very small rolls of paper, it does everything your typical thermal printer will do. It's not blazingly fast (I've seen some that are), but it's also not terribly slow either (I've also seen those). It just goes along at its own pace, not fast enough to leave you asking "what happened", and not slow enough that you want to say "come on already".
What am I going to use it for? That's not the point. The point was I wanted a new toy and this was it. Even came pre-damaged from China. If the documentation was decent, I could figure out stuff to do with it, but I don't have the inclination to tinker. I did that back in the day with a Citizen-branded dot matrix receipt printer that also had absolutely no documentation. I should really fix that up and tell the story one day.
If you need the drivers for the printer, either because you already lost the CD that came with it, or don't have a CD-ROM drive, you can buy a drive external for cheap. If you're cheaper than that, contact the seller that sold you the printer--the burden is placed on them, not me, so DO NOT ASK. - Навчання та стиль
Dude your video saved me while setting up my printer, thanks a lot.
No problem.
Sir you are amazing, I was trying to find the drive to this printer bc of course no one has disc readers anymore. Thanks!
You're welcome.
What a champ! Thanks for this video and the drivers
You're welcome.
thank u soo much man for this driver
Sure, no problem.
When I saw the disc, I had a feeling you got the same brand I bought from. When the files showed up, I knew. The difference is mine is a tiny little piece of hot garbage I haven't been able to get working on the two hours I've been trying
The difference is experience.
For some reason, the printer industry refuses to let the original USB B connector die. I don't know if there's some advantage to it, but they all still seem to come with them. It's interesting that receipt printers do the same.
I have no problem with the USB B connector, it's pretty robust. Much more robust than Micro USB, and even Mini USB.
It is, no question, it's just a question of why printers still use it when everything else has abandoned it. Probably has something to do with the modules that interface with the computer not being redesigned in a long time. If it ain't broke don't fix it I suppose. Too bad the rest of the printers' internals tend not to be as robust nowadays.
Yeah no idea on that. I always imagined that since they are "desktop" peripherals, that's why they still use them. Just a guess. I can say that after having a color laser, there's almost no need for an inkjet ever again, unless I wanted to print some photos "in house", but everyone just keeps them on their phone nowadays; Millennials don't know what a physical picture is. They take a picture of the picture so then it's in their phone..
you helped me a lot
Glad to hear it.
Nice! That is very similar to one of two that my main work branch uses. The other printer is the older non-thermal ink one with beige casing. Enjoy that Millennial lingo to translate. Haha :D
Non-thermal ink one? Like a dot-matrix?
@@jaykay18 Yep! That's it.
Nice! Is that only as wide as the receipt paper or does it allow you to feed other things in like a money order? Usually the value of a money order is printed in reverse, that is, black background, white text (or whatever color the ribbon is, often purple). That gives an absolutely unmistakable number, and can't be duplicated by any other method. In fact, the variations in the color are random and can never be duplicated either, but I don't think they use that as any kind of security measure, unless they compare to the carbon copy.
@@jaykay18 Just as wide as the receipt paper. It's been a nice reliable thing. Actually they both have.
The dot-matrix receipt printer I have is very slow and only prints in one direction, left to right, then returns the head to the left to print the next line. There's a lot of time wasted returning the head each line, but you do get more aligned rows of text by having it print uni-directional. In fact, on my original IBM ProPrinter, the first dot-matrix printer I had as a kid, there was a command you could send to it to cause uni-directional printing.
My dot-matrix receipt printer needs work, there's some mechanical problem with it, and it's not high on the list to get looked at any time soon. I'd just as soon get a Chinese made one, not to replace it of course, but to augment it. If I recall, I checked those out while I was looking, and they fetch a pretty high price tag!
Many years ago, at The Wiz, we used dot-matrix receipt printers. Those kept a journal inside. They had 2 rolls of paper, one that would print the receipt and you'd give to the customer, the other one the store kept on the roll. However it was done, they repeated the same text sent to the printer twice, and the head would go across both rolls of paper that were right next to each other. Never seen another journaling receipt printer, but those did. I think they were Epson printers, but I never got more involved with it than that.
When they "upgraded" their POS software, they got rid of the journaling feature and the journal spool was just left empty. The best was when the system went into "backup mode", they never really programmed in proper receipt formatting so the text would just wildly wrap on the tape. It also printed a lot of other extraneous information that the normal system would never print, so a one-item transaction would end up being about 2 feet long!
the store i use to work at had an im thinking epson reciept printer it had the rj11 like connector and the cable was permanantly connected to the drawer and it connected via that connected
Yeah, when I used to work at my first job I started as a cashier, and they had Epson printers (though they were dot-matrix rather than thermal) but they did have an RJ-11 connector that went to the cash drawer. Although it's simple enough to figure out, an RJ-11 connector has 4 wires. Probably only 2 are used to activate the solenoid in the cash drawer, and as long as their polarity is correct it should open. I guess it's sort of an "unwritten industry standard".
Watched the video, but I am not sure, so: Do you remember how exactly you switched out of chinese mode? On the selftest page its says: current character set Chinese GB18030 Either code 50 or code 0 are listed as STD.Europe OEM437. I guess thats the character set I want to select.
Basically I just played around with it until it did something different, is all.
i was acualy wondering if they worked at all since a convention i work at needs some
Yeah, indeed it worked. Really though, printers like these are best handled by your own software. Years ago I wrote a program to control a dot-matrix receipt printer I have. I did it all by "feel" as I had no manual for it nor could I find one. I just kept experimenting, and finally wrote a very very basic Point-Of-Sale type program for it.
Chances are, this thermal printer emulates other common printers out there, so you could use emulation to do what you need. or you can go absolutely bare-bones and just send straight text to the port. Easiest way to do that is to share the printer on the network, then at a command line you can issue a "NET USE LPT1:". At the next command line you can "ECHO "Text to be printed" > LPT1:". Everything else being equal, the printer should fire off the text you just sent it.
Also, it depends on the volume you'll print, as the paper rolls are small. Larger ones may be available, I haven't really played with this printer since I did in this video.
Finally, I found my friend who bought the same toy. Thanks for uploading this video. Have you ever try to run the printer with a C/C++ code or whatever ?
I'm an old timer, only languages I know are assembly, BASIC, and Turbo Pascal. But I've done nothing more than what I showed in this video.
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Got a love the CD siren and by the way did you ever figure out who made this drive
Thanks. Never pulled that drive to find out. Oh, actually I did, come to think of it, some months later when the power supply in that machine died, but never bothered to look at the label!
jaykay18 Any time it’s cool to know that
Next time that computer comes out for service, I'll check. But basically last time I had it out, I "tightened down every last nut and bolt" on that machine, so I don't see it coming out of service for a long time to come.
You selected chinese mode!
歡迎來到炸玉米餅鈴！
(welcome to taco bell!)
Ha ha!
This doesn't help me at all with my own toy, the NCR 7197 (which isn't chinese at least). But it was very entertaining watching you deal with this arcane tech anyway :D
Thanks.
I got this printer too. as it was cheap. I got it to work using raspberry as a network printer.
Great to hear!
My dude using windows xp in 2019 mans drippin
I still use it today in 2022, and will continue to for a very long time to come.
A question. This can work with 3 diferent PCs?
The 3 PCs would have to be networked, and you'd have to share the printer through Windows. Then the other machines can access it.
@jaykay18 did you ever figure out the Bluetooth pin code for this receipt printer?
Yes, there is none because this model doesn't have Bluetooth!
@@jaykay18 oh, so it's a different model.. thanks for the response boss!
@@aivangallana1131 No problem, you won't get responses from most other channels.
Lmfao omg I’m watching this video to see how it works but this part has me dying 3:42 💀💀💀 to funny ong but thanks for the detailed video appreciate it 🙏
I gotta have fun too!
Hey Do You Still Have The Software For That, i Have The Same Printer But Lost The Disc
Yes I do, if you'd leave me your email I can send it to you.
@@jaykay18 You Can Send It To Service@easysnacks.net, Since It Is A Secure Business Email.
Thank You
OK, I've sent that out to you.
Hi Jaykay can u sent me this printer driver? pls help?
I have one of these and printed the entire bee movie script
You could print War And Peace if you had enough paper.
Hi. How do you change the density?
As shown in the video.
@@jaykay18 So at 1:59 it showed when you select the Density but then it went through other modes. At 3:57 we see the paper with the ASCII mode and the densities but it does not show exactly how you did it. I got one of these just today, and don't want to screw it up!! Thanks
@@stevecarter947 Yeah at 1:59 is how you do it, you keep powering off and back on and it selects the different densities. Depends on how long you hold the feed button for.
hello can use this printer for self-adhesive thermal label roll instead?
Yes, you can.
How to print labels with this printer
Check the title of this video.
I need driver software please help me
Email me at jaykay18contestwinner@gmail.com
Upon further investigation, I believe this was manufactured by the Leshp corporation. Definitely a Chinese device. Also, YOU NO SWITXH FROM CHINESE MODE!
Could be from Leshp. A lot of times, the products are all made by the same company in China, with just a different "brand name" slapped on. It's definitely no Epson or anything like that! And I was able to figure out how to switch out of Chinese mode, no thanks to the booklet!
Is it bluetooth?
If it were, I would have demonstrated that, don't you think?
There are several versions of these that do have Bluetooth functionality, but this one does not.
Hi . How can i get the drivers?
Email me.
megazus@gmail.com
@@jaykay18 hi could I get a driver?
@@samanthalee8774 Check the video description.
Is there a way to download the software online please? Thanks
Yes, there is. I'd like to invite you to this magical, mythical place called the VIDEO DESCRIPTION, which is right below the video, on EVERY SINGLE VIDEO YOU WATCH. Oftentimes, the creators will put additional information that didn't make it into the final cut of the video, and sometimes even links to different websites, up to and including driver downloads! Amazing, and it's all free, all you have to do is look and see what's right under your nose the whole time. I don't write the video descriptions for my health, you should read them for yours.
Can I connect it to smartphone?
If you could have, I would have shown that. There are other models that are sold, that are more expensive, that have Bluetooth built in.
@@jaykay18 I have the model without bluetooth. Im sad ajaja
@@jeanbravo7875 The functionality with Bluetooth is quite limited as it is, basically you can send it plain text, and that's about it. It's not like you can go to a website and print that out.
@@jaykay18 i have the same model that yo have. Is there the posibility of connecting it to my smarthphone? I would be grateful to you
@@jeanbravo7875 Without some sort of app, probably not. If you could find an app that could send text out the USB port, with a USB OTG adapter, it could interface with the printer. But again, without a proper app, it's probably never going to work.
please can i get a driver
Please, can you read the description? *I DO NOT WRITE THEM FOR MY HEALTH, YOU SHOULD READ THEM FOR YOURS.*
Did anyone get this working with Windows 10?
I honestly can't expect it wouldn't work.
@@jaykay18 yeah tried 20 different drivers, different USB cables/ports, none of them worked ugh
The Generic/Text-Only driver works.
@@jaykay18 huh? whats that lol
I did it in the video!
nightmare
Your comment was!
you select chinese. if this is correct press 1
"You select Chinese mode!"
@@jaykay18 thank you for selecting Chinese mode. Do you want a buffalo chicken special special special while it lain all day.
Blirriant!
China
You select Chinese Mode!
Oh no it not piece of shit it made in CHINA, china best countly in the wolrd, use china mode fol best lesult.
I figured it all out. Too bad the documentation told me nothing.