The tills from Epson connect directly to the Epson receipt printers and can be controlled [opened] by the same ActiveX control used to run the receipt printer. If you do not want the receipt printer, the till can be connected to a serial port. I have had ZERO problems using these devices from my VFP apps. And yes, a till is just a cash drawer.

>Hi.
>Just noticed this thread and wonder if anybody has connected a Till to a VFP app. One of our users wants POS and am currently investigating:
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>What I think i need is:
>1. Connect up a Small Receipt printer to a pc
>2. Connect up a till to the pc (Is this just a drawer)
>3. Possibly connect up a Credit Card machine
>3. Amend our Invoicing screens to use these devices.
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>I'd welcome any comments , like , is this approach the correct way to go or is there a better way.
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>Regards,
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>Gerard
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>>In addition to what Ed replied, I do know that the serial Epson receipt printers require the use of a NULL modem cable. Personally I use the EPSON POS SDK instead of generic printer drivers. This saves a lot of problems.
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>>http://pos.epson.com/pointofsale/opos.html
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>>>Hello All
>>>I'm having problems trying to print in a POS printer (EPSON TM210, STAR 200...). I've allready installed their on on drivers, generic printer text drivers. Sometimes it works, sometimes gives windows error: "...error writing to LPT1..."
>>>I'm new dealing with POS printers, is there any TRICK, any driver, special printer port???
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>>>Thank's in advance,
>>>NPedro