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RB 10 receipt print help needed

edited June 2010 in General
Hi ~
I've been assigned the task to investigate printing of POS receipts using
Report Builder (Enterprise Edition 10.08 on Delphi 2005). These would be
common receipts with company logos and customer signatures. The receipt
consists of:

Element Format
------- -------
Logo Company logo in a .bmp (bitmap) file
Text Header General info (company name, address, phone, etc.) in text
Text Body Purchase info including description, UPC, price in text
Signature Customer signature in a .bmp file
Trailer Additional info (adverts, or license agreements) in text

What differs with each receipt is the amount of text in each of the body
and trailer.

I've already gotten the signature capture (creation of the bmp file) and
logo stuff to work (i.e. print), but only when I've programmed to a
specific printer (an Epson TM-T88IV used for test), but we've found this
too limiting - we would like to have printer dialogs to set up the
internals and have RB "take care of the rest". In addition, we found
programming to each receipt printer model much too limiting.

What I'm asking is for general guidance on what to use/call in RB and any
tips, pointers and experiences from anyone who has done this before.

Thanks for any help in advance,
Craig Vespe

CraigV

--- posted by geoForum on http://www.newswhat.com

Comments

  • edited June 2010
    CraigV:

    Please use your full name when posting (per guidelines)

    Do the printers have different page sizes? If so, then you will either need
    to create one for each different size or develop code to do it for you
    (which could be a significant task).

    Ed Dressel
    Team DM
  • edited June 2010
    Here is an rbWiki article about designing a layout that can print receipts

    http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/Output/Printer/Continuous_Paper


    --
    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com



    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited June 2010
    Ed ~

    Sorry about the full name business. When I first signed up the
    instructions were in Italian, and I might have missed that.

    The printers will all have 40-column continuous formats.?

    Craig Vespe

    --- posted by geoForum on http://www.newswhat.com
  • edited June 2010
    ?
    Thanks Nard, this is just the kind of thing I am looking for.

    Craig Vespe

    --- posted by geoForum on http://www.newswhat.com
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