Hi,

Thank for your advise and sample code.
BTW, how do your check your printer status ofthe TM88 printer
like paper out or paper jam ?

Any VFP code or sample is very much appreciated. Thank you

>Hi
>Windows printing strips out certain characters. Here is a simple workaround that I have used for years with the only issue that it flashes a brief DOS window. I fill a text file with the characters needed in this case on an Epson TMT88 printer to fire the till.
>=StrToFile(CHR(27)+CHR(112)+CHR(0)+CHR(94)+CHR(121),"Till1.txt")
>I then issue the command:
>RUN TYPE TILL1.TXT>LPT1
>This uses a redirection DOS command to output the contents of the text file to the printer (in this case LPT1)
>Cheers
>John