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  1. Mar 9th, 2008, 03:53 PM #1
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    Question VB6 and receipt Printers

    I got my program all written and working great, but forgot one small issue . The program uses a receipt printer to print out the data, but I don't know to have the printer cut the paper after it is done printing! I am using the Star 600 printer connected through USB with all the necessary drivers installed. From what I got from google I have to send it the command to cut the paper, but I have no clue how to do that from VB6. The book that came with the printer said the command to cut the paper is "ESC d", but how I get that to the printer I don't know . Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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    Re: VB6 and receipt Printers

    Don't know if this will work, have you tried printing Chr$(vbKeyEscape) & "d" ? If it fails, try adding a space before the d: " d"
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    Re: VB6 and receipt Printers

    Escape is a CHR(27)

    Print Chr(27);"d";

    should do it...

    We use a much more complex method to talk to cash drawers and receipt printers that involve a series of DLL's that talk to these devices. Show some of your code please.

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