I had a similar, yet much smaller project last summer... Our student center allows students to checkout laptops for a couple of hours. The staff wanted to be able to print receipts when checked-out/in. Also, the system was to be web-based.
We purchased an Epson POS thermal printer with USB and attached it to a remote computer. (By "remote", I mean across campus about 1000' away.) Once the USB POS printer was connected to the remote computer, I shared the printer. On the web server, I connected to the remote POS printer. Then, I was able to send text files to the POS printer and have it print correctly. Finally, I created my CF application that generates a string of text and command characters. This string is saved to a text file, on the web server. CFEXECUTE then runs a print command that passes the text file to the POS printer. The printer prints and everyone is happy. Thanks, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
