[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipts Running Long

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

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From: SHARP, CHRIS <[LINK: mailto:csharp at georgialibraries.org]
>  csharp at georgialibraries.org>
>  Date: Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:20 AM
>  Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers
>  To: Evergreen Discussion Group <[LINK:
>  mailto:open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org]
>  open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
>
>
>  From one of our knowledge base solutions in the GPLS Helpdesk:
>
>  Problem Description: "We recently installed new workstations at our Circ
>  desk and the receipt printers are spitting out 12” long receipts, no
>  matter how many books are checked out."
>
>  Proposed Solution:
>
>  Some of these steps may be unnecessary, but it gets the job done. [Within
>  Evergreen:]
>
>  1) Go to the Admin menu and click on “Local System Adminstration”
>
>  2) Click on “Printer Settings Editor”
>
>  3) Click on “Page Settings”
>
>  4) Change all margins to “0.0”
>
>  5) Click on “Use default print stategy (Mozilla Print).”
>
>  6) Click on “Set Default Printer and Print Test Page.”
>
>  7) Select the Epson Receipt printer and click “Properties.”
>
>  8) Be sure that the paper type/size is set as “Roll” or “Continuous
>  feed.”
>
>  9) Click OK and OK again. A test receipt should print w/o 2 feet of blank
>  space.
>
>  10) You can adjust the margins a little if there isn’t enough blank
>  space at the end.
>
>  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 East Central Georgia Regional Library ("dudleyb " <[LINK:
>  mailto:dudleyb at ecgrl.org] dudleyb at ecgrl.org>)
>
>  Receipt printers affected:
>
>  Epson TM-T88IV
>  Star models
>
>  Hope that's helpful to someone with this issue,
>
>  Chris
>

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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Geoff Brown <gebrown at niagaracollege.ca>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>  We are having an issue with our receipts running long (about 2 inches of
> blank paper after the printed information has ended). I have heard of a fix
> by placing all a Templates Macros in the Header portion of the template and
> leaving the Line Item and Footer blank however this does not solve our
> issue. I have also adjusted the Printer Setting Editor and had no luck there
> either.
>
> Is there a Macros that commands the receipt to cut after the pertinent
> information has ended?  Or should I continue to play with the Printer
> Setting Editor?
>
> Our printers are the EPSON TM-T88IV.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff
>
> Library Technician - eResources,
> NC Libraries and Learning Commons
> Niagara College, Welland Campus
> 300 Woodlawn Road
> Welland, ON L3C 7L3
> Tel.  (905) 735-2211  Welland x 7731
> Fax  (905) 736-6021
> gebrown at niagaracollege.ca
> www.niagaracollege.ca/library
>
>
>
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