Buying a receipt or order printer for GloriaFood Free Online Ordering System designed for Restaurants, Cafe's & Takeaway Stores. Your guide to compatible and recommended printers.
GloriaFood is a Free Online Ordering System designed for Restaurants, Cafe's & Takeaway Stores. We have a list of compatible and recommended receipt / order printers which are for GloriaFood which we know work!
Here is some helpful information which will help guide you to choosing the best receipt printer for GloriaFood Order Taking App.
The app supports three types of printer connection:
LAN (Ethernet) - the thermal printer is connected by network cable to a WiFi router and accesses the same WiFi network as the order taking device does;
WLAN (WiFi) - the thermal printer connects wirelessly to the same WiFi network that’s used by the order taking device;
Bluetooth - the thermal printer connects directly to the order taking device via Bluetooth.
To add a printer, open the order taking app and select Thermal printer from the menu. The app will guide you through adding a LAN, WiFi or Bluetooth printer.
Recommended printers for GloriaFood
All the printers below are reliable, easy to install and support image printing. Moreover, we have them in our office for testing and are the first ones we debug in case of issues. So if you want to buy a thermal printer to connect to the order taking app, we highly recommend one from this list.
When buying a printer, you need to pay close attention to the model you are purchasing as there are several models with the same printer name but they do vary slightly. For example, there is an Epson TM-T82III Ethernet model and TM-T82III USB & Serial model (both appear the same look & colour but the interface is different). The USB & Serial model would be completely useless and not compatible.
Star TSP143III WLAN (Wireless)
Epson TM-m30 - Ethernet only, Ethernet + Bluetooth, Ethernet + WiFi
Epson TM-T20 - Ethernet
Epson TM-T70II - Ethernet, WiFi
Epson TM-T88IV Ethernet
Epson TM-T88VI Ethernet + WiFi dongle
Why Bluetooth isn't recommended
Although the order taking app allows you to connect a thermal printer via Bluetooth, we don’t recommend it. Here’s why:
- Discovering the printer via Bluetooth is often times rather difficult. Also, for many printers, once the connection is lost, it cannot be re-established automatically;
- Bluetooth has a range of maximum 10 meters and is prone to interferences from other EM waves (like microwave oven or some WiFi networks);
- We have encountered size limitations with printers from different manufacturers (like Star TSP650II).
Why USB is no longer supported
USB connection proved to be quite unreliable, that’s why we’ve decided to remove it from the Order Taking App. It turns out that it’s difficult to keep printing and charging at the same time:
- If the device is not charging, the Android system puts the device to sleep mode, so orders might not come through properly;
- When the cable is moved, the Android system may assign a new USB port. The connectivity to the printer is lost, so the device and the printer need to be repaired. In practice, repairing needs to be done several times a day.
Why SMS printing is no longer supported
We also had to cut out SMS printing. Some orders are long enough to exceed the SMS limit. The end result is that the printout does not contain all items.
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