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Problem Description: "We recently installed new workstations at our Circ de=
sk and the receipt printers are spitting out 12=E2=80=9D long receipts, no =
matter how many books are checked out."
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Proposed Solution:
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Some of these steps may be unnecessary, but it gets the job done. [Within E=
vergreen:]

1) Go to the Admin menu and click on =E2=80=9CLocal System Adminstration=E2=
=80=9D

2) Click on =E2=80=9CPrinter Settings Editor=E2=80=9D

3) Click on =E2=80=9CPage Settings=E2=80=9D

4) Change all margins to =E2=80=9C0.0=E2=80=9D

5) Click on =E2=80=9CUse default print stategy (Mozilla Print).=E2=80=9D

6) Click on =E2=80=9CSet Default Printer and Print Test Page.=E2=80=9D

7) Select the Epson Receipt printer and click =E2=80=9CProperties.=E2=80=9D

8) Be sure that the paper type/size is set as =E2=80=9CRoll=E2=80=9D or =E2=
=80=9CContinuous feed.=E2=80=9D

9) Click OK and OK again. A test receipt should print w/o 2 feet of blank s=
pace.

10) You can adjust the margins a little if there isn=E2=80=99t enough blank=
 space at the end.
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The source of this was an email exchange on OPSMGR-L in February 2010.  The=
 solution was suggested by Benjamin Dudley, the Systems Administrator at Ea=
st Central Georgia Regional Library ("dudleyb " <dudleyb at ecgrl.org>)
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Receipt printers affected:
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Epson TM-T88IV
Star models

Hope that's helpful to someone with this issue,

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Smith" <Pamela.Smith at TheHowe.org>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.=
org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:50:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers
> We would also like to know if there is a fix for this problem. We also
> use
> TSP1000 receipt printers and have had this problem since our 2.0
> upgrade
> (prior to that all receipts printed just fine). Our checkout and fine
> receipts and our hold slips print with lots of extra paper even though
> the
> setting is for receipt.
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> I've experimented with the receipt printer properties with no results.
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> Pam
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> Pamela Soren Smith
> Technical Services/Systems Librarian
> Howe Library
> 13 South St.
> Hanover, NH 03755
> 603.643.4120 x3257
> pamela.smith at thehowe.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Joan Kranich
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:30 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers
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> Hi Lynn,
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> Our Star TSP100 printers are working with Evergreen but the transit
> slips
> print a considerable form feed, as if it thinks the paper is 8.5 x 11.
> I've
> toggled settings to receipt paper and we've examined the receipt
> templates.
> Do your transit slips form feed extra paper at the end?
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> Thanks.
> Joan
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> Joan Kranich
> C/W MARS Member Services
> jkranich at cwmars.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Lynn Floyd
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:16 AM
> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers
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> We use Star Micronics TSP100ECO. These are USB thermal printers and
> work
> great. These are totally Font/html configurable on the receipts.
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> The only minor inconvenience is that if you send something to the
> printer
> the print Dialog box comes up, and you have to hit OK for it to
> actually
> print. There may be a fix for this but I have yet to have the time to
> really look in to this.
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> I bought these when our old Star Micronics SP200's would not work with
> 1.6.1.4.
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> Lynn Floyd
> lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org
> Anderson County Library
> 864-260-4500 x181
> http://www.andersonlibrary.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
> Of
> George Tuttle
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 8:45 AM
> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers
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> Can anyone recommend an affordable, reliable receipt printer that
> works well
> with Evergreen's circulation functions?
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> Printers with parallel connections seem problematic -- those with
> serial
> connections are impossible.
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> George the Librarian
> Piedmont Regional Library System
> Winder, GA

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Chris Sharp
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
csharp at georgialibraries.org
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/