Unable to Create Printer Port for Epson Tm U220 Receipt
OK that’s good, sort of, simply now I am a piffling worried, run across below.
Your description of the trouble is correct I didn’t tell you all of that detail in advance because, well I had already written an essay!
I simply recently purchased a really cheap 3-in-one HP printer for my female parent. It had stickers with large crimson writing saying in capitals “DO Non PLUG IN Earlier INSTALLING SOFTWARE” or something like that, over the cable and printer plug.
How stupid is Epson if they didn’t instantly work out what the problem was!! I saw what the problem was instantly, I was only doubtful considering I thought surely Epson would have thought of this first matter and asked you about it.
You say “don’t call Epson support”, better to say “don’t buy an Epson in the showtime identify” if their back up is then stunningly incompetent!
At present the concerns.
What you lot have said brings up all sorts of questions and doubts in my heed.
Particularly reading between the lines.
ane)what practice yous mean “roll back to mill install”? There is a Windows roll dorsum feature which rolls back to “restore points” ane of which would be original install. Simply I recollect you lot might hateful you re-installed the whole organisation software back to original factory? Either way, make sure you now get back and immediately do all of the windows updates and ALL the updates for all applications immediately, most particularly urgent if this system has whatsoever access to the Internet.
ii) what security software and anti-virus software are you running?
3) is the pos system connected to either the Internet? or a network in which whatever other device is connected to the Internet?
four) written in VB6!!! Information technology is extremely unlikely that you need a special purpose awarding, and it is not very likely (merely I approximate not impossible) that your application is any good if information technology is written in VB6!
5) I could be wrong, just I would bet that yous are beingness taken advantage of (ripped off). It sounds similar it, anyway. I think you demand some independent advice.
6) Have they written in VB6 considering they are linking yous into MS applications? If so that is also a concern, and then y’all accept to pay for an MS awarding that y’all don’t otherwise need and yous are open to all the vulnerabilities in that MS application as well.
seven)open source does non HAVE to mean gratis of charge, information technology just means that they take to bear witness anyone the source code. They could still sell yous the service of providing you a working POS gear up using open source software. They could fifty-fifty still sell y’all the software nonetheless if they wanted to.
8) in general terms one of the chief reasons companies/people don’t want to allow there code go “open source” is that they know that then anyone can read it and thus all their crappy workmanship volition be obvious. I know that sounds like an boggling statement to make, but I recollect you would be surprised at how true it is.
Without knowing a lot about your business concern, obviously my advice is very general and may not even apply to your business, merely my experiences makes this seem doubtful.
Recall that you own your information, don’t allow unethical companies necktie your data upwards in formats and applications that restrict your access to your data and necktie you to their products.
If their product is good, works well etc. then why would anyone bother to go to all the effort and risk in moving to whatsoever other software? Then why practise they necktie you in with bogus difficulties? Reply, because they know their software is crap and you can get improve elsewhere cheaper or for free.
You say information technology wouldn’t be prudent to use opensource, I strongly suggest that what would not be prudent would be to proceed with that external company!
Anyhow I am happy that you fixed your problem and so easily, skilful luck and happy new year’s day!
Jim
