On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:03 AM, ERACC Subscriptions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am a LedgerSMB novice that has put himself in need of assistance. I've been > lurking on the list reading messages and looked through the archives at > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=ledger-smb-users for > any information on this. I have not seen the answer I need so far. I need to > move fast on this so if any of you have even a partial answer, can point me > to a FAQ with the answers and/or to a manual page or three please reply. > > I have a potential LSMB user that needs to print on three part, plain, > pin-feed form paper for many of their Point of Sale transactions that deal > with credit accounts for state schools. Their current PoS system (Advantage > Accounting PoS, http://www.rtsco.com/) does this using fast, plain text print > jobs to 'lp' based printers on an SCO OpenServer system (in this case one at > lpt0 the other on a multi-port serial board port). Since SCO appears to be > imploding and their current server hardware is "dying" I have talked these > folk into trying LSMB on Linux but they have to have this multipart form > printing capability. > > I asked for an explanation of why they have to have multipart forms. Here is > what they have to do to satisfy the state school system's accounting > department and be "allowed" to sell to state schools. The Point of Sale > printout must be on 8.5"x11" multipart paper as required by the state. The > teachers buying supplies against these credit accounts are required to sign > the multipart printout and keep one copy to deliver to their school office. > Another copy stays at the store and then is delivered at the end of each > month to the school's overseeing local school board with the bill to be paid. > The original part stays at the Point of Sale location for them to present in > case of a state audit of a school's purchases. They have to keep this > original for at least three years. Isn't bureaucratic nonsense just peachy? > > I know I can set up an Epson impact printer with ESC/P2 capability to print > correctly using one of the CUPS Epson inkjet drivers. I have an Epson LQ-570+ > here that I use on rare occasions which prints raster type jobs well using > the "Stylus 800 Foomatic/stcolor" driver. It will also print plain text jobs > if I bypass the CUPS driver and send the print request directly to the > parallel port with embedded printer control codes. There are three questions > I need answered: > > 1. Will an impact printer work well with printing from LSMB? > Sure. Just like any other printer.
> 2. Is anyone successfully using an impact printer with LSMB in a Point of > Sale situation? Yes. The POS modules are a little bit more complex than and less documented than the rest of the software, so you may need some assistance in setting this up. > > 3. Is it possible to have fast, plain text print jobs from LSMB or do all > print jobs have to go through the slower raster type printing with Latex -> > postscript? POS invoices support text formats. We also support direct-to-port printing, bypassing CUPS (to avoid queueing and allow for better low-level control). This is mostly needed where documents might be queued multiple times. Best Wishes, Chris Travers > > Thank all of you in advance for any information. > > Gene Alexander > -- > ERA Computers & Consulting <http://www.eracc.com> > Preloaded computers - eComStation, Linux and Unix > Voice messages: 1(731)256-0973 - FAX & Voice messages: 1(731)664-8524 > [E-mail preferred. Please reply BELOW this line.] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
