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This topic recurs every one or two months. Here's one particularly useful post on the topic: From: SHARP, CHRIS <[LINK: mailto:[email protected]] > [email protected]> > Date: Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:20 AM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt printers > To: Evergreen Discussion Group <[LINK: > mailto:[email protected]] > [email protected]> > > > From one of our knowledge base solutions in the GPLS Helpdesk: > > Problem Description: "We recently installed new workstations at our Circ > desk and the receipt printers are spitting out 12” long receipts, no > matter how many books are checked out." > > Proposed Solution: > > Some of these steps may be unnecessary, but it gets the job done. [Within > Evergreen:] > > 1) Go to the Admin menu and click on “Local System Adminstration” > > 2) Click on “Printer Settings Editor” > > 3) Click on “Page Settings” > > 4) Change all margins to “0.0” > > 5) Click on “Use default print stategy (Mozilla Print).” > > 6) Click on “Set Default Printer and Print Test Page.” > > 7) Select the Epson Receipt printer and click “Properties.” > > 8) Be sure that the paper type/size is set as “Roll” or “Continuous > feed.” > > 9) Click OK and OK again. A test receipt should print w/o 2 feet of blank > space. > > 10) You can adjust the margins a little if there isn’t enough blank > space at the end. > > The source of this was an email exchange on OPSMGR-L in February 2010. > The solution was suggested by Benjamin Dudley, the Systems Administrator > at East Central Georgia Regional Library ("dudleyb " <[LINK: > mailto:[email protected]] [email protected]>) > > Receipt printers affected: > > Epson TM-T88IV > Star models > > Hope that's helpful to someone with this issue, > > Chris > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // [email protected] <[email protected]>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Geoff Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All, > > We are having an issue with our receipts running long (about 2 inches of > blank paper after the printed information has ended). I have heard of a fix > by placing all a Templates Macros in the Header portion of the template and > leaving the Line Item and Footer blank however this does not solve our > issue. I have also adjusted the Printer Setting Editor and had no luck there > either. > > Is there a Macros that commands the receipt to cut after the pertinent > information has ended? Or should I continue to play with the Printer > Setting Editor? > > Our printers are the EPSON TM-T88IV. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Geoff > > Library Technician - eResources, > NC Libraries and Learning Commons > Niagara College, Welland Campus > 300 Woodlawn Road > Welland, ON L3C 7L3 > Tel. (905) 735-2211 Welland x 7731 > Fax (905) 736-6021 > [email protected] > www.niagaracollege.ca/library > > >
