Receipt and Credit Card Receipt Printing Fails using FGL Language Ticket Printer

Sensible Cinema Box Office and Concession for Windows

VERSION COMPATIBILITY:
Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP using the Datamax Pass-Thru Driver

HARDWARE INVOLVED:
FGL Language Ticket Printers (Boca, Practical Automation, Datamax) – This does not affect receipt printers like those by Citizen, Epson, Samsung, etc.

 

SYMPTOM:
Nothing happens when a receipt should be printing for a credit card or just plain store receipt. This happens because there are no hard carriage returns being sent to the printer because of a driver configuration problem.

 

RESOLUTION:

If you are using Windows XP, you should be using the Generic/Text Only driver shipped with Windows XP as your system’s default printer driver. Windows 2000 users must use the Datamax Pass-Thru driver for all FGL printers, including Boca and Practical Automation models.

 

If you are using Windows 2000 Professional and the Datamax Pass-Thru driver:

 

There are two properties for the Datamax Pass-Thru printer that must be set prior to use. Right-click the driver icon found under printers in the Windows control panel. Select “Properties” from the pop-up menu. Select the “Settings” tab in the properties menu. Under “End of Line Action” select “Add a Carriage Return and a Line Feed” and under “End of Document Action” select “Add a form feed.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This document was created and added on August 4, 2002.