Need LPT1 Printer filter!

[Schoonie]

I have a Point Of Sale receipt printer (made by Star Micronics) with
WinXP driver. Works well. HOWEVER the application that send this data
does not "terminate" the page properly - it terminates with 9 CR/LF
pairs (I printed a sample to a disk file and looked at the output in a
hex editor). With proper termination, the printer should CUT the
receipt paper as well. It does not.

I have hacked the print file itslef, and find I can append a few ESCape
codes to the end of the file, then send the file to the printer and it
cuts the paper just fine.

I do not have the ability to send the output to a desk file, run an app
against it, then send it to the printer. This needs to be done
"in-line", so that when the spooler gets the data, a service parses the
file, sees the 9 CR/LF pairs and appends the appropriate ESCape codes.

I would CONSIDER a commercial app if it was CHEAP (<$50), but I prefer
FREE.

Any thioughts?

TIA,
Mike

 

[Davide Guolo]

Mike,

I do not have the ability to send the output to a desk file, run an app
against it, then send it to the printer. This needs to be done
"in-line", so that when the spooler gets the data, a service parses the
file, sees the 9 CR/LF pairs and appends the appropriate ESCape codes.

does the Windows printer driver have a setting for "cut the page at the end
of the job" ?

Regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
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