{"id":5624,"date":"2021-09-08T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2023-06-13T08:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:31:35","slug":"two-computers-sharing-one-receipt-printer","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/two-computers-sharing-one-receipt-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Computers Sharing One Receipt Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emergencies happen &#8211; but you don&#8217;t have to panic. After this tutorial, you&#8217;ll always have a backup printer ready to go when you need it most.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By letting two computers share one receipt printer, you&#8217;ll be able to connect to an alternate printer whenever you need to. (Click <strong>here<\/strong> to learn how to Share Printers in Windows 10).<\/p>\n<p>Head to toolbar and select &#8220;<strong>Tools<\/strong>,&#8221; then &#8220;<strong>Program Options<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h58_26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h58_26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h58_26.png 269w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h58_26-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select &#8220;<strong>Device Configuration<\/strong>,&#8221; then &#8220;<strong>Printers<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h59_51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h59_51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h59_51.png 732w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_08h59_51-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open &#8220;<strong>Printer Assignments<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h01_07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5629 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h01_07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h01_07.png 710w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h01_07-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to <strong>&#8220;Sales Slips \/ Invoices<\/strong>.&#8221; Pick a printer that you want to serve as the backup. For this example, we&#8217;ll choose printer number four. Use the arrows to adjust which printer number you want to choose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h02_25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h02_25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h02_25.png 701w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h02_25-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scroll up to the printer list and select the printer you&#8217;re choosing as the backup. In &#8220;<strong>Printer Description<\/strong>,&#8221; name the printer something like &#8220;<strong>Backup Receipt Printer<\/strong>&#8221; so you remember in the future that these are the backup printer settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h06_52.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h06_52.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h06_52.png 697w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-08_09h06_52-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Printer Name pull-down menu, select the shared printer. (Click <strong>here\u00a0<\/strong>to learn how to share a printer on Windows 10).<\/p>\n<p>Click &#8220;Save.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-03_13h03_04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-03_13h03_04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-03_13h03_04.png 551w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-03_13h03_04-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, when a situation arises that you need to switch to the backup printer, just scroll down to &#8220;<strong>Printer Assignments<\/strong>&#8221; and switch the &#8220;<strong>Slip Printer<\/strong>&#8221; number to the backup printer number.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergencies happen &#8211; but you don&#8217;t have to panic. After this tutorial, you&#8217;ll always have a backup printer ready to go when you need it most.\u00a0 By letting two computers share one receipt printer, you&#8217;ll be able to connect to an alternate printer whenever you need to. 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