Mac Hardware Bundle Setup
Device checklist:
Before you get started you'll first need to make sure you have all the peripherals needed for setting up your hardware on your Mac.
Devices:
- Honeywell 1450G USB Scanner OR Socket Mobile 7Qi
- Star TSP 100 LAN Receipt Printer
- Star Drawer SMD2-1214
Cables:
- A power cable for the printer
- An ethernet cable to plug the printer in to your internet router
- A specialised cash drawer cable. This is similar looking to an ethernet cable but is smaller on one end.
Note: These cables should come included with your receipt printer and cash drawer.
Receipt Rolls:
Make sure you've got your receipt rolls for your printer ready to go. To load your receipt roll open the latch on the top right of the printer, place the roll inside and pull some of the paper through before closing the lid.
Once you've taken stock of these peripherals follow the guide below to get everything setup.
Setting up your Barcode Scanner
Looking to set up a Socket Mobile Bluetooth Scanner? Click here.
Honeywell 1450G USB scanner:
First things first, you'll want to set up your Honeywell 1450G USB scanner. This is super easy and should work straight out of the box.
Simply plug in the USB into the computer and the scanner will install automatically.
To test that it's all ready to go, open up a notepad or word processing application and scan in a barcode. You should see the barcode number appear here.
If this hasn't scanned wait a minute and try it again. If it still hasn't scanned after waiting, unplug the scanner and try and plug it in to a different USB port in your computer.
Socket Mobile 7Ci/7Qi Bluetooth Scanner:
To set up your Socket Mobile scanner:
- Press and hold the small power button until the LED turns blue, and it beeps twice (it will beep low and then high).
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Your Socket barcode scanner is now powered on. Click the Bluetooth 'B' icon on the top right of your computer and select 'Open Bluetooth Preferences'.
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This will open a window that will search for your scanner. Once it's been detected, click the pair button.
Your Socket Mobile should now be all setup! To test that it's connected, open up a notepad or word processing application and scan in a barcode. You should see the barcode number appear here.
For more help using the Socket Mobile Bluetooth Barcode scanner, check out Socket Mobile's user manual here.
Setting up your Star TSP 100 LAN Receipt Printer
Before getting started, it's a good idea to test out the printer. We'll also need the test receipts for setting up the printer.
To perform a hardware self test on your printer:
- Turn it OFF
- Hold the feed button down and turn the power back ON at the same time
- Release the feed button. This will print out two test receipts.
At the bottom of the second page, it will show 'Current IP Parameters Status'.
Hang on to this page or make a note of the IP Address.
Note: Your IP address will be different to the one listed in the picture above.
1. Downloading and installing the Star driver:
First off, we need to download the latest printer drivers for your computer. This is specialised software that helps the printer run correctly on your computer. To get this head over to Star's website here and fill out the details below:
Product type: Thermal
Printer Family: TSP100
Printer Model: TSP100LAN
Interface: Ethernet
Operating System: Mac OS X
Next select Drivers and pick 'futurePRNT V6.0 Lite' under Recommended to download the driver.
When this download is completed, open the file to extract it.
Checkpoint: Not sure where to find the download? Go to finder and select 'Downloads' from he left hand list. The download will also appear at the bottom of Google Chrome, click the arrow here and select show in folder.
3. Next, open the extracted folder and navigate to Mac -> CUPS -> Documents and double click the 'starcupsdrv' file.
This will create a new folder. Open this and and go to drivers. Double click the .pkg file here and follow the install guide instructions.
2. Installing your Star Printer:
Now that this is complete we'll need to install the printer on your Mac.
1. Navigate to 'System Preferences' and open 'Printers and Scanners'.
2. Here, use the plus in the botton left corner and click “add printer or scanner”.
This will open up a new window where you'll need to put in some information. Select IP along the top and follow the instructions below to fill out the form correctly:
1. Address: This is where you need to put in your printer's IP address. To find this locate the IP Address field on your receipt print out:
2. Protocol: Select 'Line Printer Daemon - LPD' from the dropdown
3. Queue: Leave this blank
4. Name: This is an optional field but if you'd like to customise the name of your receipt put it in here.
5. Location: Leave this blank
6. Use: Pick 'Select Software...' from the dropdown. This will open up a new window. Search for Star in the top right, locate 'Star TSP100 Cutter' and click OK.
Once you've put in all this information click 'Add'. Your printer should now be set up and ready to go!
3. Printing on Retail POS with Star:
Now that your Star is installed you can start using it to print your receipts in Retail POS.
To perform a test print:
- Head over to the History tab and click on a sale.
- Click view receipt
- Pick the receipt template you’d like to use and click 'print'.
This will take you to the print preview screen. If the Star is not your default printer, click 'change' and select the printer from the list.
You will also want to untick headers and footers and set the paper size to 72mm - 2000mm.
Note: If you set your paper size to 72mm - 2000mm without disabling headers and footers, the printer will not auto cut at the main receipt
Once that's been changed you should be able to print out a receipt.
Set up your Cash Drawer
Once you've got the printer all set up, you can connect up the cash drawer.
The cash drawer connects to your receipt printer, and is triggered to open when you finish a cash or cheque sale and the receipt is printed by the printer.
Tip: You can manually open the cash drawer by clicking Command + E if you are using the old Retail POS Sell Screen or by performing a test sale if you are using Register for Mac.
To setup the Cash Drawer:
1. Plug the RJ12 connector cable (the one that looks similar to a phone line) from the cash drawer into the receipt printer.
2. Head to the following URL: http://localhost:631/printers/. This will take you to CUPS. CUPS is a network printing service used by Mac computers. It allows you to setup your printers on a network, and customise options such as cash drawer setup.
Recieve this screen?
Click here to learn how to enable CUPS for your computer.
3. Once in CUPS, Select your printer model from the list below:
4. Select from the drop down menu 'Set Default Options'
5. From here, select 'Cash Drawer Control', choose 'Open Drawer 1 and 2' under 'Cash Drawer' and click the 'Set Default Options' button below.
Your cash drawer should now be all set to go! You can test it out by clicking Command + E on your keyboard when in the old Retail POS Sell Screen or by performing a test sale if you are using Register for Mac.
You can also check out the idividual articles for your devices below: