Print from VB to EPSON Printer using ESC/POS (Resolved)

Hi,

Has anyone, or does anyone know how to print from VB to an EPSON printer (TM-88III) using ESC/POS?

The printer would be connected to my COM Port.

Any help or examples would be much appreciated.

Regards

why dont you want to use the

printer.print method?

Hi,

I've just tried that using the following and I'm able to print to it.

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
Dim P As Object
 
For Each P In Printers
   If P.Port = "COM1:" Then
      Set Printer = P
      Exit For
   End If
Next P
 
Printer.Print "Hello"
Printer.EndDoc
 
End Sub

Below is an example I found in the EPSON ESC/POS FAQ...

VB Code:

PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"@"; 'Initializes the printer (ESC @)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(1);'Specifies a centered printing position (ESC a)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(0); 'Specifies font A (ESC !)
PRINT #1, "January 14, 2002 15:00";
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"d";CHR$(3); 'Prints and 3 line feeding (ESC d)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(0); 'Selects the left print position (ESC a)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(1); 'Selects font B
PRINT #1, "TM-U210B $20.00";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "TM-U210D $21.00";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "PS-170 $17.00";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&HA); 'Line feeding (LF)
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(17); 'Selects double-height mode
PRINT #1, "TOTAL $58.00"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"!";CHR$(0); 'Cancels double-height mode
PRINT #1, "------------------------------";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "PAID $60.00";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "CHANGE $ 2.00";CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1D);"V";CHR$(66);CHR$(0); 'Feeds paper & cut

I tried sending this to the printer by changing 'PRINT #1' to 'Printer.Print', it got there but took a long time, and not fully.

In the FAQ it just shows the above as an example, how do I get the above sent to the printer?

Also the printer object is fine, if the printer is installed. But what if the printer is just attached to COM1, but not installed in windows and the COM settings are being read in from an ini file?

Regards

Hi,

Resolved...

VB Code:

Open "COM1" For Output As #1
 
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "@"; 'Initializes the printer (ESC @)
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "a"; Chr$(1); 'Specifies a centered printing position (ESC a)
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "!"; Chr$(0); 'Specifies font A (ESC !)
Print #1, "January 14, 2002 15:00";
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "d"; Chr$(3); 'Prints and 3 line feeding (ESC d)
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "a"; Chr$(0); 'Selects the left print position (ESC a)
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "!"; Chr$(1); 'Selects font B
Print #1, "TM-U210B $20.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, "TM-U210D $21.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, "PS-170 $17.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, Chr$(&HA); 'Line feeding (LF)
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "!"; Chr$(17); 'Selects double-height mode
Print #1, "TOTAL $58.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, Chr$(&H1B); "!"; Chr$(0); 'Cancels double-height mode
Print #1, "------------------------------"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, "PAID $60.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, "CHANGE $ 2.00"; Chr$(&HA);
Print #1, Chr$(&H1D); "V"; Chr$(66); Chr$(0); 'Feeds paper & cut
 
Close #1

Regards

Great.... it works.....

can anyone help me to explain, how to print in red with this pos printer.

i tried this

vb Code:

Print #1, Chr$(27) + Chr$(64)
Print #1, Chr$(27) + Chr$(114) + Chr$(1) ' Change Ribbon Color
Print #1, "Hello World" + Chr$(10)

but didn't worked. i want to know what is the wrong with my code?

ref: Refference

i believe it should be 5 for red