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Mobile Printing Systems

CPCL Programming Manual

Section 9

Line Print

Mode

pg. 9-17

Designing a Receipt

It is now possible to create a receipt using the commands just described. First, list all the fields that

you want on the receipt. Will there be different types of receipts used in the business? Is this a receipt

for picking up goods, or is this an itemized list of products ordered and paid for? Will there be a need to

differentiate quickly between different types of receipts to prevent errors? In a nutshell, what do you need

this thing to look like?

A sales receipt should contain a few basic fields to prevent confusion. First, place the business name

on the top of the receipt, preferably in a font to differentiate it from everything else. Choose a large font

which is either resident in the printer or custom created with the Label Vista software package. Resident

font 4 size 0 or 1 and font 5 size 2 or 3 are perfect for this function. If you desire to keep the receipt size

small, font 7 size 1 is tall enough to set the text apart from everything else, yet it conserves space. Set a

little space between your business name and the next line.

Next, put the address and telephone number of the business under the name. Customers will appreciate

not having to flip through the phone book the next time they want to buy something from you. Also, this

helps track which stores sell which items when dealing with returns and special sales promotions. Set at

least two lines of space between the header and the rest of the receipt.

Consider other important items on the receipt. Add the date and time of the sale, the ID number of the

cashier or salesperson. Is the action a sale, return, price adjustment, or a sales quote?

Next, the itemized bill of sale contains a SKU or UPC code, a product description, and a price. Consider

using a fixed width font, or a monospaced font, for this section. A monospaced font keeps the characters

an even width for every character. (e.g. an ‘I’ is the same width as an ‘M’ character.) The resident fonts 0

and 7 are monospaced as well as other monospaced fonts available with the Label Vista software package.

Many companies like to put a slogan or advertisement of coming events at the end of a receipt. Be

certain to put a few CR/LF characters at the end after your final line to ensure that the bottom of the receipt

does not get torn off through a printed part of the receipt.

Receipt Examples

The program must set up the file with all the spacing already inserted. Use only spaces, not tab

characters, to make things line up correctly. Note that when you issue a command like “! U1 SETSP 0,”

it must be followed by a CR/LF, or “enter”. This will not advance the printer to the next line; it will only

execute the utility command.

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