Epson TM-T20II Image Printing Samples
By: Camille Meehan - 3/25/2015

Question: Alex Smith wanted to know "can I print pdf or word documents onto thermal paper using this device? thanks"

Down below is a sample of images printed from standard Microsoft software on the Epson TM-T20II. Note, as in any printing application when you are printing text as a rasterized image the edges get fuzzy. To avoid blurry text use the built in printer fonts.

<a href="https://posguys.blob.core.windows.net/content/images/blog/9275/receipt-examples.jpg" title="View full size receipt image samples"><img src="https://posguys.blob.core.windows.net/content/images/blog/9275/receipt-examples.jpg" alt="Epson TM-T20II Image Printing Samples" width="700" style="height: auto;"/></a>
Answer as seen on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_CYEBWbhU&google_comment_id=z13zv1zx5tyefx03b22yexr5boynjflxf04" title="Watch TM-T20II Video">YouTube</a>: The TM-T200II uses windows drivers so you can print to the printer from a pdf but keep in mind that the document may be cut off or scaled down if the document isn't formatted for a receipt size.

Follow up question: "thanks and how do you suggest I do that? for example if I have an image on photoshop and I want to hook up the printer is it as easy as printing from a normal printer? will photoshop know to scale the file to the size of the receipt paper?"

Follow up answer: "One thing you can do for free is to download the drivers here http://posguys.com/receipt-pos-printer_12/Epson-TM-T20II_2360/ (look under the downloads tab, you will find Windows, Mac, and Linux drivers) Once you install the drivers you should be able use your normal print dialogue box in combination with the print preview feature to see what the document will look like when printed. Additionally we tested printing images from non point of sale software. Check out the scanned receipts here. We didn't test with Photoshop but it is most likely that it will not know to scale the file to the size of the receipt paper unless you tell it to. You should be able to set your own user defined page size in the Photoshop print settings. Average receipt paper width is 3.125 inches wide."

Camille Meehan, POSLady since 2011, is the woman to talk to when you've got a printing question. The host of many POSGuys videos she now pulls the strings in the shadows of Ask POSGuys, plotting total global printer domination. She rules over the receipt printers with an iron fist, a BA in design, and over eight years print/design experience. Note: Camille does get a lot of questions about how to print receipts with Excel, she should probably write about that.

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