Serial Receipt Printer

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/8/2011 9:01 PM, George Simon wrote:
> Have a customer with an old serial receipt printer, an Epson TM-200D, and
> I'm trying to get it to work from my application.
>
> What do I need to put in the "Destination File" for a receipt printer with a
> serial interface?
>
> The printer is connected to the COM1 port.  It is also shared on the
> network.  PFOUTS is set to COM1 in my application.

PFOUTS has nothing to do with printing.

> I've tried COM1 and WIN:COM1 as entries in the "Destination File" but it
> doesn't seem to work.

Define "doesn't seem to work".

> Does anyone know what needs to be entered in the "Destination File" column
> for it to work?

Assuming the printer is known to Windows, use the standard "WIN:printername" 
syntax.  The fact that it's attached to a serial port is irrelevant.

-- 
Kenneth Brody