Re: PHP POS program

Sure - that is assuming that is how you want to print it! And even then - given the power of PHP - surely you could do a socket program to do it. Anyhow - printing to a POS printer - how mandatory does that have to be? If we all remained slaves to how it is done in the past, then we will never move to the future. And BTW - there is no such thing as CANNOT be done, only that some one has not done it yet.... On 7/16/03 9:04 AM, "Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)" <andreil1@mail.starlett.lv> wrote: > > On Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003, at 15:58 Europe/Helsinki, Mike Morton wrote: > >> Why is it too serious a problem? E-Commerce sites are written in PHP - >> there is not a big difference except that the POS system does not even >> necessarily have to be online! I think that is a bit of a short >> sighted >> view don't you? >> >> Just because you have not seen it done does not mean that it >> cannot/has not >> been done... >> >> I don't mean to be a prick about it -it is just that there really is no >> reason that it could not be done in php. It is not a difficult system >> to >> do..... >> > > Hi, > > It is NOT possible since web browser cannot print row ASCII to serial > POS printer (PHP scripts run on server and output Web pages to client > machines). > > > ********************************************* > * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski > * > * Personal Home Page > * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac > * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site > ********************************************* -- Cheers Mike Morton **************************************************** * * Tel: 905-465-1263 * Email: mike@webtraxx.com * **************************************************** "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the history of the computer industry for the past decade as a massive effort to keep up with Apple." - Byte Magazine Given infinite time, 100 monkeys could type out the complete works of Shakespeare. Win 98 source code? Eight monkeys, five minutes. -- NullGrey