Cash Drawer opens but there is a delay

[bimal757]

I have got a cash drawer attatched to a Epson TMU 200 Series Receipt printer. The application I have is a dos based.
The problem I face is when I try to open the drawer from my application there is a delay for the signal to open the drawer. How Do I speed the process of opening the drawer

The code I use for the Printer set up is
27,112,48,30,120

And for the drawer set up is
7,

What decimal Ascii code shall i add, mdify or create to speed up the process.

When I do the dos test
copy test.txt lpt1

it works fine the Test.txt contains the characters of the decimal code i mentioned earlier.

What Do I need to do apart from the codes to speed up the cash drawer opening

Please Assit

Thanking you in Advance

 

[razled]

Not very good with Dos has been a long time, But could you try and send the info to open the cash draw before you send the info to the printer, as the printer/pc will have to initiate some sort of hand shake before the data is sent, possibly the reason for delay ?

 

[bimal757]

Thanks Razled but what codes should I give and in what sequence as the cash drawer is attatched to the printer and the printer controls the drawer

 

[razled]

Not sure, but the link below should point you in the right direction,

Can you open the test.txt file with the edit command ? to see the codes it contains.

http://www.asciitable.com/

 

[bimal757]

Dear Razled
I have converted the characters in to desimal codes that from the test.txt file and that is where i got my codes the dos test runs fine opens the drawer immediately but the problem is delay from my dos application
Thanks once again for your input.