>>>>Hi all.
>>>>Just a question.....perhaps a silly question. But here it goes....
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>>>>If I have two printers connected to a computer. They both work off of the same driver installed on the computer.
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>>>>So, if I print a document to one of the printer, will it print out of the other printer, since it shares the same driver.
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>>>>The reason I ask is, I'm writing a Point Of Sales for my client. He wants one receipt to print for the cashier and a copy in the kitchen.
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>>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>>You can certainly have 2 identical printers installed on the same computer, using the same printer drivers. However, the computer will communicate with the two printers using 2 different communications ports.
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>>>One way to set that up is to install the first printer, say the Cashier. When that finishes, go into Windows printer setup and rename the printer e.g. if it says "Epson TN2222" change it to "Epson TN2222 - Cashier".
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>>>Power off and unplug that printer. Now install the Kitchen printer. In Windows printer setup you will now see another printer named "Epson TN2222". Change its name to "Epson TN2222 - Kitchen".
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>>>Once that's done you can power both printers back on again.
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>>>In VFP reporting you can select the name of the destination printer. One VFP print job can only print to one printer, but you can run 2 print jobs - the first one to the "Epson TN2222 - Cashier", the other to the "Epson TN2222 - Kitchen".
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>>Thank you.
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>>So, after I set up the printers, I should see two driver names, "Epson TN????" and "Epson TN???? - Kitchen", in the "Devices and Printer" screen.
>>Correct?
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>Almost. In Devices and Printers you will see two separate installed printers, which happen to use the same drivers because they are the same make/model. If you closely follow the steps above they should be named "Epson TN???? - Cashier" and "Epson TN???? - Kitchen". In your case I highly recommend giving them meaningful location-based names for everyone's sanity and for easier testing/troubleshooting down the road.
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>>The printers are connected to the computer via USB interface.
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>With USB you may need to take special care:
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>- Install the first printer as above
>- When you're installing the second printer, be sure to connect it to the computer in a different USB port
>- When both printers are installed, don't move the USB connections around at the computer end. In fact you might want to mark which printers are connected to which USB ports on the computer

Thank you.