[AccessD] Control codes to a printer

RS232 to TCP/IP Converter
There is a trial software for win98 but might be overkill,
since it is designed for two way communication.

It is $250

http://www.taltech.com/products/tcpcom.html

Gustav Brock wrote:

>Hi John
>
>Are you sure you need to do this?
>Can't you set the printer to auto cut?
>
>I've never seen the syntax Stewart presents, neither a method for
>sending hex (control) codes to a printer from Access.
>However, this page may help you:
>
>How do I Control an Epson Receipt Printer with Visual Basic?
>http://www.posworld.com/eprecprinvis.html 
>
>It demonstrates the use of a special "Control font" which doesn't print
>but transforms some chars to some hex code sequences.
>
>/gustav
>
>  
>
>>>>jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 24-08-2005 23:29 >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>I need to send a series of hex characters to an Epson receipt printer
>to
>execute the cutting.  Hex characters are 1d 56 42 20  The printer is
>TCP/IP
>so I have an IP address stored in a table and hidden in a form that is
>open
>when the print command is executed.  This is a Win98 environment. 
>Does
>anyone already have something similar.
>
>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com 
>
>  
>

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