Print Prescription using Thermal Printer

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Follow below steps to print using the thermal printer.

Configure the Thermal Printer on your computer. Make sure you can see the Thermal Printer in Printer and Scanners section of your Windows PC.
Login to MyOPD Software
Open Help -> Printer Preferences.
Select the setting for Prescription or Receipt at the top of the Form.
Choose the Thermal Printer from the Drop down provided for Thermal Printer.
The Thermal Print will have a different format of printing compared to regular print as the print has to be accommodated on a small paper.
This feature is currently available only on Server PC. If you are using Multi-Doctor or IPD Version, the client PC will now have this feature.

To print a Thermal Receipt from Reception PC, you still have to configure the Thermal Printer on Doctor’s PC.
Keep the Printer near Reception Desk such that it is accessible via Bluetooth / WiFi from the Doctor’s PC.
Open Help -> Printer Preferences on the Doctor’s PC
Select the setting for Receipt at the top of the Form.
Choose the Thermal Printer from the Drop down provided for Thermal Printer.
Now select Prescription at the top of the Form.
Set the Reception Printer to the Thermal Printer set in the Receipt section.
That’s it. Now when Reception staff will use Save and Print option, the receipt will be printed from the Thermal Printer.

Below is a sample of how the Prescription would look via a Thermal Printer.

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