receipt templates - xml

[Bob (new user)]

2 Questions:
1. I'd like to customize some templates but don't know where to start - Is
there a Receipt Template/XML customization guide or equivalent that I could
download?
2. My cash drawer is connected to my receipt printer and in order to open it
I need to send the ascii string: 27,112,0,25,250 to the printer. Is there an
xml command I could add to the receipt template that would write this out
everytime a receipt is printed?

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

 

[Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]]

Check the reports library on Customer Source - IIRC, there is a receipt
template that sends ascii commands to the printer. Probably not the
commands you need, but it should get you started. There was also an XML
Receipt Template guide in the Knowledge Base on Customer Source at one
point, not sure if it's still there, but that's the first place to look.

 

[Bob (new user)]

Forgive my ignorance, but where is the 'Customer Source - IIRC' ? Thanks - Bob

 

[Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]]

http://mbs.microsoft.com

You need to have the RMS Maintenance plan to access Customer Source.

IIRC = "If I Recall Correctly"

 

[Bob (new user)]

I'm currently evaluating RMS and don't have access to the Customer Source
yet. Could you please post a sample xml snipet that sends ascii commands to
the printer so I can verify RMS will work w/ my hardware. Thanks in advance
for the help!!!

 

[Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]]

OK, apparently I don't recall correctly after all, as I can't find the
receipt template I was expecting...

We use OPOS drivers exclusively with RMS. OPOS devices don't require ASCII
commands to operate. You can use windows drivers, and some of them have
settings in the printer properties that allow you to enter the codes you
need rather than editing the XML Template.

If you post your hardware model, maybe someone will have used it before...