Printing to POS printer

I am trying print to POS printer from win98 pc. Although the POS pronters
intedned to work with POS terminals, I think it probably should work when
atached to regular PC too.
I just take used Epson TM-L60IIP model M121A for testing. This printer has
been used for printing labels, so I assume its a label printer. Manual say
it has a DIP switch that can be set to 'OFF' - this will set "Thermal
paper" mode, instead of "Thermal Label paper". I set it to 'OFF'. I am not
sure which driver should I use with this model: first I tried driver called
Epson TM-L60II(Receipt), I atached printer to parallel port (LPT1), but can
no get it print anything. Driver pack called Tdr161e.exe

Then I tried Epson TM-L60II(Single) driver, same result., no printing..

When install drivers, there are selection from three drivers for this
printer type:

Epson TM-L60II(Receipt)
Epson TM-L60II(Single)
Epson TM-L60II(Plural)

printer manual:
http://www.perimatic.fr/documentatio...r%20Manual.pdf
Driver installation manual:
http://gtts.ehu.es/TWiki/pub/Main/We...ini-manual.pdf

Did you try the printer's self-test? (Page 17 of manual..) If so, did it
work?

"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
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Did you try the printer's self-test? (Page 17 of manual..) If so, did it
work?
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no, it not print.

regards

"argent" wrote in news:itvknl$7ai$1@dont-
email.me:


"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
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Did you try the printer's self-test? (Page 17 of manual..) If so, did it
work?
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no, it not print.

regards



Do you understand what I'm asking? If the printer self-test fails, looking at
the driver and the computer won't help you.

"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
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"argent" wrote in
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"Lostgallifreyan" wrote in message
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Did you try the printer's self-test? (Page 17 of manual..) If so, did
it
work?
---------
no, it not print.

regards



Do you understand what I'm asking? If the printer self-test fails, looking
at
the driver and the computer won't help you.
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printer self-test fails, dont know what is the reason. This printer is used
device, maybe problems in printer hardware itself.

But I got another printer: Epson TM-T88II (R) Receipt, model M129B. I
installed drivers and find it works. I can print self-test page.

Now i want to find how to adjust printing width: I'm printing on default
80mm width paper roll, and after a few test I see it prints is very narrow(I
tried print from Wordpad). Not sure how to adjust required printing width,
and how to print from the new row. Printer driver installed a plenty printer
fonts, not sure how to use it from windows Word or Wordpad. Basically I need
simple adjust margins, also some text need be printed in bold.

Regards,
argent

"argent" wrote in
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printer self-test fails, dont know what is the reason. This printer is
used device, maybe problems in printer hardware itself.


I think so. But what you lose in printer, you save in time...

But I got another printer: Epson TM-T88II (R) Receipt, model M129B. I
installed drivers and find it works. I can print self-test page.

Now i want to find how to adjust printing width: I'm printing on default
80mm width paper roll, and after a few test I see it prints is very
narrow(I tried print from Wordpad). Not sure how to adjust required
printing width, and how to print from the new row. Printer driver
installed a plenty printer fonts, not sure how to use it from windows
Word or Wordpad. Basically I need simple adjust margins, also some text
need be printed in bold.


I don't know much about this, but you'll get clues from the self-test. If it
shows bold, and more than one font, it can print them. I doubt you can render
the print as a raster graphic, so you likely need special print control
characters managed by the driver, so look for specific controls for that
printer rather than Windows...

And don't rely on my advice, this as far as I can go, I've never used a
specialised printer like that.

I guess you can try setting fonts sizes in Windows programs too though, see
if the printer changes anything as a result...