control impact printer

[jazzmaster111]

Hi

Can I control an impact printer by vbscript?

where can I find information about this?


Thanks!!

 

[picado]

what do you mean "impact"? is it "daisy wheel" printer?
is it connected to serial port?
if yes, it is then *pure* text_only printer, just select one from win printers, at printers setting tab.

 

[jazzmaster111]

It is connected to a parallel port

printer is "epson LX-300+

 

[picado]

what is exact problem?
1) you need to connect to printer (watch line breaks):
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objWSHNet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objWSHNet.AddPrinterConnection "LPT1", strPrinterPath, False, strUsername, strPassword
Set objPrinter = objFS.CreateTextFile("LPT1:", True)
objPrinter.Write(strMessage)
objPrinter.Close
2) you need esc/p2 printer command language to control:
early printer manuals contained all the codes at apendix, now you need to search the internet for "esc/p2 printer command language