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Anyway, I have gotten my printing to work fine except for one issue. I want to send printer control codes. For example a [ESC][V] will cause the sheet cutter to slice. I've been trying simple chr() style prints with no sucess. Does anyone have any suggestions. Below is the code I am using to print. The first one is a class followed by the actual print code.
Public Class myPrinter
Friend TextToBePrinted As String
Public Sub prt(ByVal text As String)
TextToBePrinted = text
Dim prn As New Printing.PrintDocument
Using (prn)
prn.PrinterSettings.PrinterName _
= "Generic"
AddHandler prn.PrintPage, _
AddressOf Me.PrintPageHandler
prn.Print()
RemoveHandler prn.PrintPage, _
AddressOf Me.PrintPageHandler
End Using
End Sub
Private Sub PrintPageHandler(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal args As Printing.PrintPageEventArgs)
Dim myFont As New Font("Microsoft San Serif", 10)
args.Graphics.DrawString(TextToBePrinted, _
New Font(myFont, FontStyle.Regular), _
Brushes.Black, 50, 50)
End Sub
End Class
and on button click
Private Sub ButtCatFive_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ButtCatFive.Click
Dim Print As New myPrinter
Print.prt("Rehab Tavern" & vbNewLine & "Webster Avenue" [i]control codes[/i])
End Sub
Any suggestions? I also know I can use the built in print object in VB.net but that seems way too complicated to print a few lines of basic text. Plus, I want instant prints of reciepts with out user being prompted. But I digress, I get it to print all right, just not the control codes. I don't know how to combine a [ESC] with a [V].
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