Receipt printer & Cash Drawer

April 29, 200619 yr

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

April 29, 200619 yr

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

April 29, 200619 yr

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

May 1, 200619 yr

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.

May 1, 200619 yr

Author

Hi,

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

Thanks.

Garry

May 3, 200619 yr

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.