Re: Dot matrix multipart form printing?

[Stroller <..hidden..>]

On 3 Jun 2008, at 17:03, ERACC Subscriptions wrote:
> ...
> I know I can set up an Epson impact printer with ESC/P2 capability  
> to print
> correctly using one of the CUPS Epson inkjet drivers. I have an  
> Epson LQ-570+
> here that I use on rare occasions which prints raster type jobs  
> well using
> the "Stylus 800 Foomatic/stcolor" driver. It will also print plain  
> text jobs
> if I bypass the CUPS driver and send the print request directly to the
> parallel port with embedded printer control codes. There are three  
> questions
> I need answered:
>
> 1.  Will an impact printer work well with printing from LSMB?
>
> 2.  Is anyone successfully using an impact printer with LSMB in a  
> Point of
> Sale situation?
>
> 3.  Is it possible to have fast, plain text print jobs from LSMB or  
> do all
> print jobs have to go through the slower raster type printing with  
> Latex ->
> postscript?

Quick, if inadequate, answer: it should work fine if you can print  
Postscript to the printer (and it sounds like it will). I'd imagine  
you might get best results using a large sans-serif font; since you  
also, I think, need landscape paper format you might find this  
invoice.tex useful <http://tinyurl.com/5jdnkk>.

I think the nub of your question is the text-mode question - the  
LedgerSMB manual is at http://tinyurl.com/3mzatz [PDF] and states:
  Receipt Printers: ESC/POS printers generally work in text mode.
  Control sequences can be embedded in the template as necessary.
but I don't find further details. I'm sure someone else will be along  
later with more information.

You might also find the recent "pos hardware information" thread  
useful - http://tinyurl.com/58munc

Stroller.