06-04-2023 12:57 PM
Hello!
We just converted from Squirrel to Toast this year. We are a high volume seasonal burger restaurant, and we have been using label printers for years for our Burgers which we then dress and wrap in paper, which the label is placed on.
We have been having major printing issues with the Epson TM-L90 Label Printer, and have now tried 3 of the printers in the last 2 months, we had a new Cat5e Cable run and new jack installed, and can't seem to get any resolution from any of our Toast Reps. We have tried our Sales Rep, Onboarding Consultant, Customer Care, Hardware, Expert Team, and now are being told our case is with the Engineering Team.
Has anyone on here experienced printing issues with the Epson TM-L90's? Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot?
The labels are not printing the entire menu items/toppings, splicing tickets together, printing weird characters at times, sometimes there are printing delays, and duplicate labels. I'm attaching a photo from yesterday. We were also told we couldn't get the Check # or Server # printed on the labels (which was not a problem for Squirrel mind you). Having that info would help our Tray Setter/Expeditor find the orders on the expo screen to then be hand written for the instances when there are printing issues. We have 7 Terminals, 6 Handhelds, and have not opened our Online Ordering or in-house Kiosk options due to these printing issues, which is super frustrating.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
06-04-2023 04:03 PM
*I'm not an expert on this. It seems to be a buffer/cache issue. How many label printers do you have for all your terminals and handheld devices?
06-08-2023 09:37 AM
Hi there!
Thank you for your reply. We are currently using 1 label printer and sometimes average over 1,000 burgers/day. We also have 2 different size burgers, so we weren't sure if the menu build maybe wasn't done correctly and is causing some of the connectivity issues, if it's a volume issue, or if we need to try running two printers. We are willing to try whatever at this point. Appreciate any feedback!
06-08-2023 11:47 AM
Do you see a pattern where certain items constantly show up on misprinted label? If that is not the case, I would assume your menu build is fine. When misprinting occurred, did it usually happen during in your busy hours?
06-08-2023 12:51 PM
This is the only thing that's been consistent for each printing issues thus far is this weird symbol circled in red in the picture.