Kick out cash drawer from Firefox on Ubuntu through Epson TM88iv

Question

I'm working with a kiosk application, and need to kick out cash drawer #1 from an epson t88iv. I need to be able to do this without printing anything, and from firefox on the ubuntu platform.

Any clues? Cash drawer kicks out right now on every print (from print settings), but this is not desired.

Thanks a lot, Mark

Answer 1

Since the t88iv is ESC/POS compatible you could read the reference for the protocol

• http://www.mscashdrawer.com/Tech_Information/m80pm.pdf

Ps. On the OpenBravo reference: here are the tech specs/supported devices:

• http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/Projects/POS/Technical_Specifications

Answer 2

Standard Linux command to open drawer of the TM-T88IV

USB printer: echo -e -n "\x1b\x70\x30\x40\x50" > /dev/usb/lp0

Network CUPS Printer: echo -e -n "\x1b\x70\x30\x40\x50" | lpr -o raw -P Epson-TM-Network