I am developing a POS system for cafe-bar-restaurants. It works fine, but I have some problems regarding printers. People here suggest I use POS for.NET. But I can't because: • My client has a machine with windows home edition as server. So POS for.NET has no luck at one of his two stores. • The previous pos software he had printed to thermal printers using GDI graphics.But was too slow dont know why. You had to wait for 10 sec to print a receipt.
• I get complaints because font is a bit small using these printers.(42 chars 80mm paper) And that is true. Native printer's font sucks way too much. All of the printers i see suck because they arent from a good brand.Also guys that developed the fonts were too bored that used latin letters mixed with local ones. But prints from graphics mode look WAY WAY WAY better and antialised and smooth and clear and nearly same speed. • Printers dont have OPOS.NET drivers.
I sent emails at chinese companies that produce these printers and said that they didnt have developed one yet. • Some of these printers dont support some basic ESC/POS commands! Even command for paper feed is problematic. Only the newer printers are almost compatible but the older ones arent at all. • Using plain text + esc/pos i cant make the font larger only x times larger. • GDI seems to be the most compatible way unluckily • Our fiscal device seems to not support sending raw text to printer. It is partly implemented and works only for 32 bit systems as it is for 'DOS'.
Had no luck installing it. So I had to use graphics. Could Not Open New File Isis Proteus more.
Actually it is a virtual printer. The company that has the fiscal device told me that graphics is the best way to print a thermal receipt and I should not use plain text etc.
Cash Drawer and Epson TM-T88IV Receipt Printer not. But the printing speed is REALLY slow. You have to change the fonts on the receipt to native printer. Here is an easy and quick way to solve some issues with slow printing on Epson Receipt. The Epson Receipt Printer TM. Printer with the serial. Hello, I am using Epson TN-T88IV Serial port printer with Epson Advanced Printer driver for Windows. Printing is very slow but when I test on printer directly (using.
Epson TM-T88 receipt printer - slow printing. Windows 2003 Sp3 Iso. But now it's more like an old dot-matrix printer. It's not unbearable, but slow enough to be irritating.
Also asking them for OPOS drivers for some of their printer told me 'what the f* are you talking about?' So I don't know what to do. I think that I should support 3 ways of printing: POS for.NET / raw text / graphics. Also, how do you overcome difficulties with thermal printers when sending raw text? Because graphics give you more freedom.
Does the fiscal device suck for not supporting text mode? Comments related to your numbered points: • You're right. POS for.NET won't even install on home edition. The officially supported OS's are Windows Embedded for Point of Service, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows XP Service Pack 2. (Windows 7 also works from my experience.
(Of course, you need the.NET framework installed as a prerequisite. Winrar Version 3.9 Or Above. ) • It's probably an interface issue and I'm assuming the interface type is serial since you mentioned DOS. Serial printers take forever to print graphics.
• Not only is print quality better, but speed increases dramatically if you're using any interface besides serial. Ethernet is the best modern connection type for most kitchens. • Any printer manufacturer that doesn't have POS for.NET support (or any other ARTS standard) is cutting corners and you shouldn't do business with them. The price might be cheaper, but part of the reason is they don't provide full solutions. Bad driver/software support, hardware features are lacking. That's when we developers run into these headaches.