EHORS WINX (END USER MANUALS)
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Requirement:

  • Computer with Windows operating system
  • Computer with available USB port
  • Any web browser
  • Windows enables shared printing service
  • Windows enable Samba 1.0 service

Printer installation

  1. Plug the USB into a computer, and prepare the paper roll in the printer.
  2. Turn on the printer and Windows shall ask for a new driver.
  3. Download the official driver from the printer office site
  4. Once installation is complete, you should see the printer from your Windows printer lists
  5. Make sure your windows have printer share service enabled on window startup and enable it automatically as the following instructions:
  6. Make sure that the printer is "Shared", if not; open "Printer Properties" from the Windows Hardware and Printer list, and enable "Share this printer" with the fixed text "LOCAL".


Install lightweight PHP service on the computer to handle the print job from the Web Browser

  1. Download "Laragon" from this LINK or our fixed archived HERE


  2. Execute the installer downloaded, first option ONLY choose "Run Laragon when Windows Starts", rest uncheck.
  3. If the administrator of the computer requests your confirmation for firewall access, tick both settings for local and public access.
  4. Once installation is complete, it should start Larafon in your "Taskbar"
  5. Double-click to open the interface, if the service starts, choose "Stop", we'll need to do some quick configuration to Laragon


  6. One-Stop, select the gear icon on the top right of the windows to configure the Laragon
  7. In "General" you should have the setting as follow, except for the "Document Root" and "Data Directory", The rest should follow as highlighted
  8. Under Service & Ports, make sure to have the following service also. Important is the Apache port with "8888"
  9. Mail Catcher and Mail Sender shall be disabled as we do not need such service as follows:
  10. Once configured, just save by closing this "Preferences" window with the "x" icon on the top right.
  11. Now we'll put an "index.php" file into the "Root" Directory. Open the WWW root directory by clicking the "Root" Icons
  12. It will open your directory root folder windows and should only have 1 file called "index.php"


  13. Right-click open the index.php and "edit" with notepad.exe

  14. Once you have the file open, remove all the contents in the file and replace them with the following codes:

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    <?php
    header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
    $printer = "\\\\localhost\\LOCAL";
    $CMD = $_REQUEST['CMD'];
    if($CMD != "") {
        $tmpfname = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'LBL');
        file_put_contents($tmpfname, $CMD);
        $newname = str_replace(pathinfo($tmpfname, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), 'prn', $tmpfname);
        rename($tmpfname, $newname);
        copy($newname, $printer);
        unlink($newname);
    }

  15. Now Laragon can "close" and it shall be hiding in the taskbar and automatically startup with Windows by default.
  16. Save it and that's all, you can "test" it by calling from the browser: http://localhost:8888/, and should have the following screen.

    This is fine because we are waiting for the POS print command from the POS Printing program.
  17. Download additional files from this escposprint.zip and copy the escposprint.php files to the root directory at the same location as the index.php file  
  18. Once the above step is completed, then "Start All"
  19. Next set the printer IP and name of the printer in the Winx program site, see the manual from here  Printer Manual
     
  20. And add new data for printer information



Important Step:

  1. Printer installation STEP 5 AND STEP 6

  2. Install lightweight PHP service STEP 2 OPTION OF INSTALLATION LARAGON

  3. Install lightweight PHP service STEP 3, MUST TICK BOTH FIREWALL OF COMPUTER ACCESS

  4. Install lightweight PHP service STEP 7, MUST CHANGE THE PORT TO BE 8888

  5. Install lightweight PHP service STEP 13 AND STEP 16


 

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