RecTrac 10.1 Reference Guide

Reference Guide RecTrac 10.1
2 Click Preview to view the increased VSIPrint preview capabilities.
3 Review the following topics for field and option capabilities.
� VSIPrint Preview
� VSIPrint - Select Windows Printer
� VSIPrint - Settings
� VSIPrint - Windows Save As Dialog Box
4 Click Print.
Special Guidelines by Operating Systems:
Windows 95/98/XP
WIN95 users may need to print through a spooled printer. For reasons yet to be determined, you
may need to try one of the following combinations to succeed in getting print jobs to print properly.
• If you are not using the Windows Print Manager, a proven printing combination is to set the WIN95 printer
properties to "Spooled-EMF" and the Printer Type field (in Printer File Maintenance) set to "S" for spooled.
• OR Set the WIN95 printer properties set to "Spooled-RAW" and set the Printer Type field (found in Printer
Setup) set to "N" for normal.
• OR Set the WIN95 printer properties set to "Spooled-RAW" and set the Printer Type field (found in Printer
Setup) set to "S" for Spooled. This is the most successful option.
• If using Windows Print Manager for non-laser printing or 40 column receipt printing, you must edit the properties
for the printer and attach a Generic/Text Only printer driver. This prevents Win 95 from trying to print in NLQ
(near letter quality) format. Or add a Generic/Text Only printer, in addition to the name-brand printer.
• If only port printing, send raw text directly to the LPT port, so no printer is necessary in Win95.
Win-NT 4.0/2000
In most situations, you must have a printer configured for every port being used in VSI application
software. However, this is not true if you are using "Spooled" with a printer directly attached to a
PC. If only port printing, RecTrac sends raw text directly to the LPT port, so no printer is
necessary in Win-NT.
WIN-NT Workstation Known Printing Problems:
• Since Progress has difficulty printing to a serial port using Win-NT, serial devices will not work properly. This
includes printers, pole displays, etc.
• Win-NT interprets any character (printable or non-printable) sent to a port as a print job, thus producing a form
feed on the printer attached to a cash drawer. This causes a form feed when printing any non-POS receipt
operation which also attempts to open a cash drawer.
WIN-NT Acceptable Printing Methods:
• Spooled printing in POS with cash drawers works well in both RecTrac and GolfTrac. If using an Ithaca POS 40
column receipt printer, will get best results, if NO printer is setup in NT. Some systems may experience Line
Feeds at the end of the POS receipt print, if the printer is setup in NT. The RecTrac POS receipt Print Option
should also be set to "S" for Spooled. There is no Special Print Option in RecTrac at this time (8.2f7 or lower).
• The Windows Print Manager can be utilized for most report printing in RecTrac. The only known exception is
Label/Bar code printing, as they must be sent to a network printer from a PC that has the Win-NT "Net Use"
command directing print jobs through an LPT port (LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3). The "Net Use" statement is initiated
at the Command Prompt. Example of "Net Use" command:
"net use LPT2 \\SERVER\HP5" (SERVER = your server name)
You can add "/ persistent:yes" at the end of the command to save the connection and restore at the next login.
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