Receipt Printer Control Codes Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, Staff Client, Receipt printer control codes.

Use this dialog box to enable bold print, red print, or auto-cutting for standard receipt printers, or to add other kinds of receipt printers to your system. For more information about setting up Polaris receipts, see Setting Up Circulation Receipts.

Note:
Install the appropriate printer drivers on the staff client workstations that use receipt printers.

• Set features for listed printers - Select the printer in the Drivers list, select the checkbox for each feature (expanded, bold, red, auto-cut) you want to enable, and click Save. A specific printer may not support all features. If a feature is not supported, the Start and End code fields are blank.

Note:
Expanded affects in-transit and hold slips. On the in-transit slip, the destination branch’s name is printed in a font that is twice as large as the font on the rest of the slip. On the hold slip, the patron’s name and the unclaimed date are printed in the large font. Although you set this option for specific receipt printers, if you choose to print these slips on a page printer the font is also enlarged.

• Add a printer - Scroll the Drivers list to the last blank field (marked by an asterisk). Select the blank field and type the printer name in the field, then click Save. Then select the new printer in the Drivers list, and select the check-box for each feature you want to enable. For each enabled feature that your printer supports, select the Start and End code fields, and type the appropriate codes in the format shown. See your printer documentation for the correct codes. Click Save.

• Display or suppress printers from selection lists - To display a printer for selection in Polaris workforms, select Selected. To suppress an unused printer from selection lists, clear the Selected checkbox. You must click Save after each change.