The typical answer would be to use software flow control XON/XOFF if the
device supports it or hardware flow control CTS/DTR again if the hardware
supports it. If the hardware support hardware flow control, your serial
cable must have the corrosponding pins connected.
Otherwise you are stuck spoon feeding the printer like you are currently
doing.
Stu McFarlane
"R.G.S."
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> Greetings all,
> I have a problem with an epson point of sale printer
> (a cash register receipt type of thing).
>
> I cannot get it to print out properly. It overruns the buffer of 1K
> all the time, and I've resorted to using a system command to
> print a small text file out, and looping over this for each l
ine (ugly).
> There must be a better solution to printing strings from labview.
>
> Anyone have experience in POS printers and labview.
>
> Also, I get problems even printing from notepad or wordpad,
> so the problem is with the printer or the printer driver.
>
> So what is the preferred way to output strings from labview
> to a printer (which can only print text).
>
>
> Cheers,
> bob
>
> (I have not yet contacted Epson to talk with one of their
> guys yet. I will do that soon)
>
>
>
Stu
