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Major Issues with Epson TM-L90 Label Printer

Burger Label Issues 6.3.23.jpegHello!

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!

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Fortunately I haven't had any issues with our Epson TM-L90, except when an employee loaded the sticky receipt paper in backwards & it just smeared the glue everywhere.  During a busy hour we print 80-90 tickets.  Only mentioning this as this printer can work reliably with Toast. 

While I didn't need to change any, there are dip switches to control various functions.  They're documented in the Technical Reference Guide from Epson, available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjYi7a9--H_AhUyEVkFHQa_AB0Q...

You may also want to check the paper width in the Toast settings for that printer to make sure it matches the paper you're using.  This probably isn't the issue but it is easy to check.