I have Add Printer, Microsoft XPS Document Writer icons as default.
I cannot find Generic/Text Only printer, and also cannot find it in the Add Printer
Please advise
Thanks
>>Thank you for the reply.
>>how can I create Generic Text Only printer driver?
>
>You don't have to create anything. 'Generic/Text Only' is one of the windows oldest printer drivers and it
>should be there by default. In case is not for any reason, then you install it.
>What is good about this driver, is that it is very simple and plays fairly well
>with most of dot matrix printers.
>
>
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>>Jerry
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>>>>how to print an endless page?
>>>>
>>>>I want to print the grocery receipt, and it prints continuously, doesn't need page
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tips from what I can remember when building POS
>>>
>>>- Use 'Generic Text Only' printer driver
>>>- Use monospaced font
>>>
>>>As for layout
>>>- Make FRX with Report Title + detail band + Report Summary only
>>>(page headers/footers empty and height 0)
>>>
>>>
>>>OR
>>>
>>>Send output to text file in exact layout in characters
>>>(Eg ech line have 80 chars)
>>>
>>>Then send whole text file to to the printer port directly. There was couple of posts here with code that does that
>>>(Was it SergeyB or BorisB)
>>>
>>>
>>>Also see file#
9991 here at downloads
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Sergio