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You might want to give the ASCII transparency character a shot.The ASCII transparency code (Hex 03) allows you to send a string of ascii control characters to the printer.
The syntax is hex 03 followed by the hex value for the number of characters you are going to send followed
by the escape sequence in hex.For example, to send an ESC H] sequence, insert the character string X'03031B485D' into your print text.
Gary Segal wrote:
I am back. After 4 hours of testing. I aim still wasn't able to open the cash drawer. I tried all possible variations that I could think off. None of them open the drawer. I can print the receipt without any problems. I get hex characters printed on it. (see Attached.)1. Changing WSCST :INITPRT DATA ='1B70'X. :INITPRT DATA ='1B401270'X. :INITPRT DATA ='2797'X. 2. Inserting Hex into spool file C Move X'2797' P#Hex 1 C Move X'2797' P#Hex2 2 C Move X'1B70' P#Hex 1 C Move X'1B70' P#Hex2 2 and compile PRTF with: Unprintable character action: Replace character . . . . . . *NO *SAME, *YES, *NO Replacement character . . . . 40-FE, *SAME 3. I have changed "Printer Commands" on a printer properties. I was able to open the drawer from PC(Print test Pgage), But, as soon as I print from AS400 to the same printer (same parms in "Printer Commands") "Sim Sim" stays close. Any other Ideas. I am I doing something wrong. Looks like that no one knows how to do it. I can not believe that I am the first one how is trying to do this. Thank You all for your help............ Gary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With ASCII Transparency? > Also spoke to IBM(Client Access support team). They said that there > in no way to trigger "ESC P" in Client access accept by putting it in > WSCST(Work Station Customizing Object), but they no longer support it > therefore they can not let me know how to do it. > Does anyone has any knowledge what syntaxes do I have to put inmy WSCST object and where? Text file is pretty big. > Please see attached.It seems to me IBM support have given you an acceptable pointer to the solution. The caveat is that I've never tried this particular support using a WSCST however ... A look through the WSCST source you sent shows two interesting tags :INITPRT and :RESETPRT A cursory glance through the WSCST Programming Reference says: "The INITPRT (initialize printer) tag defines the ASCII control sequence for the initialize printer function for an ASCII printer. The host print transform function uses the INITPRT tag at the beginning of each print job." and "The RESETPRT (reset printer) tag defines the ASCII control sequence for the reset printer function for an ASCII printer. The RESETPRT tag is used by the host print transform at the end of each print job." Because printing a receipt is a "print job" (presuming each receipt is a separate spooled file) it would seem reasonable that you could modify either of these tags to include the ESC P incantation. Your only decision is whether to open the drawer before printing the receipt (i.e. :INITPRT) or after (:RESETPRT). The current data for these tags already includes the Escape character. I'm fairly sure that Escape codes can be strung together so you only need to add the 70 to the end of the current data. Easy enough to try it both with and without the second 1B and see what happens. Regards, Simon Coulter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello again. still need some more help. I am almost there. I am able to print to Receipt printer from AS400, but still can not open cash drawer. I have spoke to Wasp(Cash drawer manufacturer). They told me: "ESC P should open the cash drawer. In hexadecimal this is 1B70 and in decimal it is 27112" I tried to put in spool file as hex. No luck Also spoke to IBM(Client Access support team). They said that there in no way to trigger "ESC P" in Client access accept by putting it in WSCST(Work Station Customizing Object), but they no longer support it therefore they can not let me know how to do it. Does anyone has any knowledge what syntaxes do I have to put in my WSCST object and where? Text file is pretty big. Please see attached. Thanks a million Gary Segal Goebel Of North America 609-730-8929 Direct 609-737-1980 Ext 8781 609-737-8685 Fax 215-431-7294 Mobil =============================================================== Original -------------- Hi guys, I need some advise on "Point of Sale" hardware. We have a store with two POS(Wasp) systems that are using Wasp software and hardware. We have to upload/download inventory, convert data, etc.... It does not work smoothly....... we have 2 stand a long Wasp Quick store systems: http://www.waspbarcode.com/point_of_sale/quickstore_pos_bundle_p.asp We would like to write Cash Register software that will work directly with our inventory files and merge into our existing applications. 1. Is there any POS software with open source? 2. What hardware is the best to use? 3. How can I make iSeries(model 9406 V5R2M0) to communicate with a Wasp cash register? 4. Is there a special API's to open the cash drawer? Thank you in advance Gary Segal Goebel Of North America 609-730-8929 Direct 609-737-1980 Ext 8781 609-737-8685 Fax 215-431-7294 Mobil GSegal@xxxxxxxxxx
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