[RESOLVED] Print Thermal Receipt vb6

[Patoh]

Hey Coders. I have a Problem. Actually i dont know how to go about it. I developed a POS sys and all works fine. now my problem is. when i print receipts from the system they come out as A4 size which isnt bad but i want to print the receipt on a thermal printer.
Anyone have code for this or can help me out to code

[alexanderjames]

Hi Patoh

Ive written a couple of pos systems in the past and can assist you with printing to a thermal receipt printer. Firstly what type of printers will you be using ? and secondly will you be using the printer drivers supplied with the product ? The reason i ask is because if you want to use the printer drivers you would need to write Modules or funtions to cater for the different types of printers and drivers as they all print differently. What i did was no matter what the make or model the printer is I will install it as a "generic/Text Only" printer in windows and then tell the printer what and how to print. This is definately worth a look and i have found no problems as of yet doing it this way.

AJ

[Patoh]

Thanks A.J.
Ok Firstly. I am using an E-POS TEP 250 .. It came only with drivers to install it into the computer. i.e. just print instal drivers.
I would love to try your method because if i put the thermal printer as my default printer. all my data reports dont show. they give the report width error..

So i would really love to try your text print method.. i think its what i need. that way i wuldnt interfere with the A4 reports.

[Patoh]

I managed to Do it using another method. Thanx for the help

[Dave07]

Hey there,

I have the same situation as you had before.
I am tasked to create a code for my POS program, its my first time to encounter printing on thermal printers so i am really confused somehow.

If your kind enough, can you send me a VB program that will be a good example for me on how to achieve this one.
If possible i want to create a POS receipt that can be printed on different thermal printer paper size.
pls send me an email at [email protected]

Thank

[DataMiser]

Printing to a Thermal Printer is just like printing to any other printer. Nothing special about it.

[Dave07]

Yeah, right!

I tried it already and it worked but i am facing new problem, can anybody tell me please how am i suppose to set or code my POS receipt to fit to any paper size for POS receipt.

For example they might change their current POS printer and the replacement printer paper size is somewhat different than the current printer paper size. So i want or the owner wants that the system must be able to adapt any paper size.

God Bless

[DataMiser]

You would typically do this by using an external file for settings or registry entries. Your code would read these settings and modify the way it prints if needed.