>Hi , thanks for your replies.
>
>If using, ??? to print , I'm wondering if:
>1. Can a USB port be used

Yes because you would define the port to use when you create the text printer in your Printers control panel.

>2. How is fonting, enbolding etc. handled

These printers do accept escape codes for fonts, bold, italic, etc., which can be included in the strings you pass using ???. You just need the printer docs that tell you what those codes are.

>>Hi Gerard,
>>
>>I agree with Mark. It's much less trouble using the approach he described and it's much easier to switch to a different printer down the road if you need/want to. I've used this approach with our POS app with no problems.
>>
>>Carl
>>
>>
>>>Hi.
>>>I am printing (POS app) to a POS receipt printer (uses a continuous roll)
>>>Printing is working ok but it shooys out an extra 2 to 3inches which I dont want
>>>I dont have a report footer so I dont know why its kicking out the extra space.
>>>
>>>Would welcome any suggestions on how to avoid this .
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Gerard