Serial Receipt Printer

[flowersoft at compuserve.com]

> For instance, we had to _deduce_ that you were even talking about the 
> Windows platform from the fact that you called the serial port COM1 and 
> that you tried a win:... syntax. That major piece of info that changes 
> everything was only supplied _by accident_, not because you 
> intentionally supplied it.

I understand it must have been difficult for you to _deduce_ that I was
talking about the Windows platform.  Like I said, I stand corrected.

> You didn't even mention anything at all about the spooler until a later 
> post so who knows before then if the job was simply sitting in the queue 
> and not physically printing because the printer was paused or disabled 
> or had some error etc.

Well, you are right of course.  That's the last thing anyone would look at
to see if the output is going to the printer. 

> No, you don't sound very corrected at all.
I know.  The truth is my customer told me the printer wasn't working and I
just posted the stupid question here.  Sorry.

-- 
bkw

On 1/9/2011 1:57 PM, flowersoft at compuserve.com wrote:
> One would guess that when someone says that putting WIN:COM1 or COM1 in
the
> destination file "does not seem to work", logical minds would assume that
> the printer IS NOT PRINTING!
> I did not think further explanation would be necessary.  I stand
corrected.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com
>
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+flowersoft=compuserve.com at lists.celestial.com]
> On Behalf Of Fairlight
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 1:55 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Serial Receipt Printer
>
> The honourable and venerable Kenneth Brody spoke thus:
>>
>> Define "doesn't seem to work".
>
> At this point, we should just put it in our .sig files and save the
typing.
> You'd think, after 30+ years of computing, that people would "get" the
> whole "thorough problem reporting" thing.  But nope...apparently not.
>
>> 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.
>
> Have you guys considered starting a wiki for this kind of stuff.  Things
> like this and some other topics come up every few months.
>
> Of course...people would probably ignore the wiki's presence and -still-
> ask, but then we could skewer and fillet them without remorse.  Okay, I
> personally already feel no remorse...with negative remorse, then--we could
> -enjoy- it, guilt-free!
>
> mark->

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