Thank you Aaron. Your tip about DOS Mode and LPT1 made the difference. I can now print from Evergreen using the SP200 if I use a Parallel cable and set the Evergreen printer settings to DOS. Printing with the USB to Parallel cable does not work. Getting it to print at all is a big step forward.
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: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:57 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Star SP200 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 ________________________________ 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 ________________________________ 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
