Why use kiosk printing?
If you have a printer that we do not have support for using microservice, then you could use this solution to get almost the same result.
What kiosk printing does is automatically presses print on the print preview screen. This will mean that printing will happen automatically from the computer's default printer.
Note: If this is used it will no longer be possible to use print preview page within Google Chrome browser. It will not be possible to select some other printer for printing using Google Chrome.
Windows
- Check that your receipt printer is set as your default printer.
- Create a Google Chrome shortcut on your desktop.
- Right click on the new shortcut on your Desktop and select " Properties" and click on " Shortcut" TAB.
- At the end of the target field add: --kiosk-printing and click OK.
Ubuntu
A simple way to add a parameter to Chrome on Ubuntu is to install alacarte, which is the old menu editor for Ubuntu. Note using the editor will create a new shortcut.
- To install Menu editor open Terminal and enter command: sudo apt-get install alacarte
- Under Applications you have a program called “Main Menu”, run it.
- Find the shortcut (Applications -> Internet -> Google Chrome).
- Click Properties
- Add --kiosk-printing to Command line just before %U.
Mac
- Quit your chrome browser
- Open terminal Execute command - bash Execute command - /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome -kiosk-printing
Frequently asked questions
Can it also trigger opening cash drawer?
No