I can send you the program I put together to share the printer and map it to LPT1 if you are interested. I have it as a VB project (made in Visual Basic 2010 Express), and a packaged executable. The basics can be found at: http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx
Aaron Z Jr. Systems Administrator Pioneer Library System 2557 State Rt. 21 Canandaigua, New York 14424 Phone: (585) 394-8260 ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Kranich" <jkran...@cwmars.org> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" > <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:38:49 AM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Star SP200 > Thank you for the information Aaron. We are using a USP to Parellel > printer cable so we’ll keep trying. > Joan > Joan Kranich > C/W MARS Member Services > jkran...@cwmars.org > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On > Behalf Of Aaron Zsembery > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:00 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Star SP200 > There was a bug for the SP200s with Xulrunner 1.9 (which is used in > EG 2.x). See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/491537 > In 1.6.x, we have ONLY been able to use the SP200 series printers via > parallel (The SP200 series printers do not handle HTML and EG will > only send plaintext (DOS Mode) to LPT1). We had a library who was > using USB to Parallel adapters. They ended up sharing their SP200s > (to the network) and mapping them to LPT1 (from the same computer) > with NET USE, but it was flaky and they ended up replacing their > SP200 printers with SP512s. > Aaron Z > Jr. Systems Administrator > Pioneer Library System > 2557 State Rt. 21 > Canandaigua, New York 14424 > Phone: (585) 394-8260 > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joan Kranich" <jkran...@cwmars.org> > > > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" > > <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:39:23 AM > > > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Star SP200 > > > Hello, > > > Is anyone printing to a Star SP200 receipt printer using Evergreen > > 2.1? If you can print successfully to the SP200 from Evergreen can > > you tell me the driver you are using? We have tried the sp212 > > driver > > but have not had success. The printer uses a USB connection. > > > Thanks. > > > Joan > > > Joan Kranich > > > C/W MARS Member Services > > > jkran...@cwmars.org >
