>Hello:
>
>Usually, all of the companies that have a Point of Sale System, use an Star DP8340 Printer here, Typically you'll use the Generic/Text Only driver for this type of printer, but there are a few limitations by using this driver (The "WIDE BOLD" characters).
>The printers manual explains how you can send a command to the printer to start printing this way.
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>Has anyone ever done or used something like this?
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>I feel kind of lazy about this, it´s not big deal, but if there is somebody willing to give me this routine I'll apprecciatte it!.
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>In the other hand I know that there are a few limitations by sending characters directly to the printers Port like not being able to print using a Network printer, but I don´t care, for that I´ll use the Generic, text only driver that the OS provides.
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>Thank you for your time,
>
>Sincerely,

Is that printer a typical receipt printer for POS systems? Most manufacturers are following an OPOS standard now for printing. For example EPSON makes many models of receipt printers, but they also provide FREE a control (OCX) to use for printing receipts. I just went through this and it got extremely easy real fast once I downloaded this control from their web site. But this control is only for their receipt printers.

In answere to your wide-bold question, you have to place the escape characters for printing a wide-bold line right before the line to be printed that way:

? chr(##)+chr(##), datafields_go_here

These codes are generally good for only the immediate line.