Those who use a POS system in their business need a reliable receipt printer that lasts longer and performs as expected. Receipt printers are highly desirable in businesses as they enable printing the receipts right then and there without any fuss. These useful tools not only print sale receipts but also other things for a point of sale system.

In this post, we review one of the most popular receipt printers, Epson TM-6000IV and take a closer look at its features, offerings, setup and usage to help readers make the most out of it.

Epson TM-6000IV Review – UPDATED 2020

A high-performance printer with multi-function capability, the Epson TM-6000IV comes with everything you need to enjoy fast receipt printing and reliability. It brings together slip endorsement, optional validation and cheque processing in a single, easy-to-use package. The latest printer is up to 50 percent faster with a speed of 300mm/second. It offers improved efficiency and low paper usage to reduce overheads.

Power-Efficient

The TM-6000IV comes with ENERGY-STAR qualified power efficiency to reduce power consumption with the lowest energy use in its class. This saves you electricity and lowers the overheads.

Uses Less Paper

With the paper save feature, this printer reduces your paper usage by up to 30 percent. This feature works by reducing barcode height and blank spaces automatically rather than compressing text and logos to result in distortion. It also prints the next receipt header before cutting the current receipt so the top margin reduces and paper is saved.

Saves Time and Effort

The all-new remote management feature makes it possible to manage a group of printers over the network. You can monitor the status and usage of each of the connected printers right from a single location and change the settings remotely.

Easy Integration

With the inclusion of USB in addition to the changeable interface, it is easy to switch to the USB environment at any time.

Eye-Catching Graphics

The Epson TM-6000IV gives you access to eye-catching greyscale logos and graphics to make high-quality receipts that impress customers. This makes it easy to communicate offers and reinforce branding.

Speedy Transactions

With this printer, all the transactions are hassle-free and fast. It offers a print speed of up to 300mm/sec for receipt printing and 5.7 lines for slips. The MICR reader offers an accuracy of up to 99 percent to make sure there is no check processing failure to deal with.

Ease of Use

The TM-6000IV is easy to use even for novice users because the large paper slot allows inserting cheques and slips conveniently. Changing consumables is also easy and hassle-free with no exposed parts or sharp edges to deal with.

TM-6000IV Config – A Complete Guide

There are two versions of the Epson TM-H6000IV – the standard model that takes care of slip printing and receipt printing and the validation model that helps with validation printing. You can add an optional MICR Reader to any of these models to read magnetic ink characters. The standard model also allows adding an endorsement printer to print on the back of the checks.

The printer is available in the following configurations of the interface:

• Serial Interface Board + built-in USB interface
• Parallel Interface Board + built-in USB interface
• USB interface
• Wireless LAN interface
• Ethernet Interface

The product comes in two color options – Epson Cool White and Epson Dark Gray.

TM H6000IV User Manual

The Epson TM H6000IV ships with a user manual that makes it easy to get started with the printer. The manual describes the product, components, parts and functions in detail and lists the general instructions you should follow while handling and installing it. The manual also aims to provide complete assistance on the design, development and installation of POS systems and the design and development of printer applications to help developers do it easily.

Apart from the complete setup guide, the user manual contains detailed application development information. It helps you learn how to control the printer with drivers and POS commands. In this manual, you can also find information on getting drivers, utilities and manuals for application development. The manual also gives you a comprehensive guide on running the printer in different modes. It even contains the troubleshooting tips and steps to perform repair and maintenance.

Epson Receipt Printer Drivers

You can download the receipt printer drivers for the Epson printer from the manufacturer's website and other places on the internet. Here are the basic printer drivers available for download.

Epson Advanced Printer Driver – This driver offers POS-specific controls along with standard Windows driver functions. You get controls for customer display, cash drawer or paper cut. This driver also comes with a Status API that monitors the status of the printer and sends out the POS commands.

OPOS ADK – It is an OCX driver that controls POS peripherals with the OLE technology. As you don’t need original commands to control POS peripherals on the application side, it results in efficient system development.

Epson TM Virtual Port Driver – The serial and parallel USB conversion driver allows connecting the Epson printer to USB and make it accessible from a POS application through virtual ports. With this driver, the USB-connected devices can be controlled with POS commands without having to make changes to the POS application that controls the devices connected via serial and parallel interfaces.

We hope this guide to Epson TM-6000IV helps you understand what you can expect from the printer and how to integrate it into the POS system.

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