how could I open a cash drawer

[wowpicker@yahoo.com]

hi, buddy, I user epson tm-tm888 printer which has a cash drawer connected, so I need to set the printer font name to be " control" and send a letter"a" so that I could open the cash drawer, the problem is I have to use winspool.drv to send printer raw data, but I really don't know how to set the printer's device font name. and we could use C# trueType font. so what could i do? thanks

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[Andrew]

epson tm-tm888 printer

I assume you mean Epson TM-88 printer (please be careful entering model numbers, they're important.

CONNECT YOUR CASH DRAWER
If it is the Epson TM-88 - then you connect the cash drawer to the rear of the printer as in this picture:


SETTINGS IN DHPOS
You will then need to use the "Open Cash Drawer" feature of DHPOS (in the POSCONFG program) to set the port of your printer, and the pop open codes as given by the manufacturer of the cash drawer.

TEST THE CODES
While at the screen for entering the pop open code - you can press [F4] to test what you entered and see if the drawer pops open.

[patrick]

Hi!

I only entered 7 as the first decimal code..

Try it.. Just a 7 and then press F4..



Maybe it works.. ?


/Patrick

[Dale Harris]

Epson manuals seem to be written in a language that seems like English but really has no basis in any known language. Anytime I want to do something with one if their printers I just have to muck around until I figure it out by accident.

Anyway, to have a TM88iii printer pop open the cash drawer you have to send this ASCII code sequence to the printer 27,112,0,25,250.

I do not know what language you are writing in but here is how I do it in QuickBASIC

RR: DATA 27,112,0,25,250
RESTORE RR:P$=""
FOR A=1 TO 6: READ B : P$=P$+CHR$(A):NEXT A

Now all I have to do to open the cash drawer is to send P$ to the printer.

LPRINT P$

And the cash drawer will open.