When designing your coupons, you have the option to add a graphical image (or several if required).
Most thermal receipt printers have a Logo Upload Utility that can upload images into the printer’s memory; however, it is not recommended that you continually upload new graphics to your printer’s memory as the ROMs in the printer can be damaged by over-burning.
If you are regularly adding or changing coupons, it is recommended you just add Text Lines on the coupon as this can be changed easily without using 3rd party logo upload utilities. Also, keep in mind that serial printers need to be programmed from the POS terminal where the logo utility is installed (some logo utilities do work on Ethernet printers, including the Idealpos LK Series receipt printers).
If you do wish to load graphics into your printer’s memory to use for coupons, you can enter the path of the executable file for the logo utility into Idealpos so that you can open the utility within our software.
To enter the path of the logo utility executable file go to Setup > Global Options > General > Printer Logo Download Utility > enter the path of the logo utility executable file:
The default path for the Idealpos LK-T23 Series Printer on Windows 32-bit platform is:
C:\Program Files\LUKHAN\LogoSetup 2.20\NVUpload.exe
The default path for the Idealpos LK-T23 Series Printer on Windows 64-bit platform is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\LUKHAN\LogoSetup 2.20\NVUpload.exe
How to open the Logo Utility within Idealpos
Once you have installed the logo utility and entered the executable file path into Global Options, you can then access the Logo Utility button located at the bottom of the Coupon Design screen:
You can also access the Logo Utility through the Utilities menu in the Back Office.
Once selected, it will open the Logo Utility you have selected.
The Logo Utility for the LK Series is simple to use and works with Serial, USB or Ethernet receipt printers.
This guide does not document failures or issues with the logo utility, as it is a third party product, and it is included for brief information only.
A logo must be saved a Bitmap file (.bmp) to be used by the Logo Utility.
You will need a bit of trial and error regarding the width of the logo you want to use.
Each printer may yield different results.
Best results are achieved by using only black and white logos for uploading.
There are 3 different sections within the logo utility which are Bitmap Selection, Preview and Logo Upload & PrintOut.
This section is used to add the logos you want to upload to the printer.
Press the ‘Open File’ button to navigate to the location of your logos.
The number that is assigned to each logo corresponds to the ‘Logo #’ you select within Idealpos.
At the bottom of the window the total number of logos and logo size total will be displayed.
This section is used to display the logo in its original format, and how it will look when it is printed.
There is no need to change any details on this page if you have created the file you want properly.
This section allows you to configure the printer you will uploading the logos to.
Device Name: Thermal, Dot
Port: COM, TCP/IP, and USB (If using COM you will need to know the printer settings. If using TCP/IP you will need to know the IP Address of the printer).
Upload: Press this button when you are ready to upload the logo/s to the printer.
Confirm you want to upload the logo to the printer.
The device should return with a successful transfer.
This functionality allows coupons to print logos without having to burn them into the memory of the printer.
The pictures are saved in the pictures folder within Idealpos and are triggered when required.
Go to C:\ProgramData\Idealpos Solutions\Idealpos\Pictures > Save all the logos into the Pictures folder within Idealpos.
Go to File > Sales > Promotions > Coupons > Add/Modify > Coupon Design > Text Field: Filename including file extension > Logo #: Enter 99.
If you wanted to issue random coupons for each sale, this can be done using Wildcards.
Go to C:\ProgramData\Idealpos Solutions\Idealpos\Pictures\Coupons > Save all the logos into the Coupons folder within the Pictures folder.
It does not have to be called Coupons, you can have as many folders and names as you want, we have used Coupons as an example only.
If you would like to print a random graphic using the Dynamic Image Printing, you can do this.
In the logo field simply enter an asterisk (*).
If you wanted to group various logo items to different sections, you can create custom folders for each.
Call it something distinguishable like “Coupons” for example.
