Receipt printer & Cash Drawer

[garrys]

Hi,

I'm working on a POS system. I got EPSON TM printer and a cash drawer connected to printer via RJ11. How can I get the printer to open the drawer when a receipt is printed.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Garry

[Genx]

Why is the printer connected to the Cash Drawer. Wouldn't it just be easier to connect it directly to the pc and exploit its functions using OS level scripting?..

Just a suggestion... I'm not exactly sure how a printer could manipulate the cash drawer, nor have i ever heard of a printer being able to affect another peice of hardware, but then again i've never dealt with a Point of sale system before.

~Genx

[stanley]

Garry:

All the FileMaker POS systems I've seen use the Troi Serial plug-in to send the serial signal to the cash drawer. What that signal is will depend on your specific drawer.

-Stanley

[rejoice]

Hi Garry,

In the EPSON TM printer, there is a parameter you can set. This will automatically send a signal to RJ11 to open the cash box the moment you print a receipt. You do not have to do anything else.

Please refer to the Epson manual for detail.

[garrys]

Hi,

I'm glad there are 2 options for me. First, I will consult the manual and try the EPSON parameter.

Thanks.

Garry

[HazMatt]

We use PayGo and the receipt printer (Star TSP600) opens the cash drawer on print.

I actually wish this were not the case because it makes it very easy to open the cash drawer if someone simply prints ANYTHING to the reciept printer. Like if I open up TextEdit (we use Macs), and print to the receipt printer, it'll print out whatever I have in miniature form on the printer and the cash drawer will open.

I was under the impression that most POS systems behave this way (meaning the printer opens the drawer), but I am only really familiar with my system.

[mluka]

Hi, Garrys.

Are you having any success with printing to the Epson TM-T88 from FM under Windows?

What fonts are you using?

Have you been able to use the printer's built-in fonts?

Thanks!

[garrys]

I used aPOS plug-in and that sorted the open drawer issue. It also has a feature to use the printer's default font.

Regards,

Garry