[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Printing to a USB receipt printer

[Joe Atzberger]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:18 AM, JohnRoy McVicker <jmcvicke at grpl.org>wrote:

> I am running into some problems printing receipts with our new printers.
>  We just purchase a batch of Epson TM-T88V receipt printers.  This
> particular model is the USB version.
> If I use the the Mozilla Print strategy the receipt prints out a bunch of
> gibberish and it will respect the auto cut feature.
> If I use the LPT1 print strategy it will successfully print the receipt but
> no auto cut.  I also found to use the LPT1 print strategy I had to first
> create a local share and map the LPT1: port using the NET USE command.  e.g.
>   NET USE LPT1:  \\DELLTEST\EPSON2 /PERSISTENT:YES
>
> Am I going about this the wrong way?  Any tips of how to setup a USB
> receipt printer and use the Mozilla Print strategy?
> -JR
>

So as it stands you could make a batch script that prints via LPT1, then
prints (nothing) to the same printer via USB for the cut.
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