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DQ:
Hello,
  I am using IBM SurePOS 500 2x20 VFD display and trying to setup templates for poll display. It is a two line display.
  I would appreciate if any one can share their printer templates/rules/actions.

toni:
I have been using this settings they work pretty well.
http://forum2.sambapos.org/index.php/topic,218.msg1075.html#msg1075

DQ:
Hi Tony,
 with two line display, these settings doesn't seem to be working.  as per IBM documentation when we send <XCT 12>, it would change the mode to DC2 where cursor will move to last character of 2nd line.

JohnS:
DQ,

I'm running my pole displays in DM-D210 (Epson) mode by default.

Can you post the DIP switch settings have have set, and also examples of what it is doing or not doing?

With the printer templates, make sure you remove the extra lines so that you are only printing two lines to the display for each template.

From memory <XCT 12> does the same on my displays, as there is no 'Clear Display' option, instead you scroll the text of the display, and some combinations of <L>, <C>, <R> & <J> can give weird results.

DQ:
Hi John,
 thanks for you response. 

When I use <XCT 12>, it starts printing first in 2nd line and than first line. E.g If i have two lines
Item Price
Total Price

It will display total price in first row and item price is 2nd row. 

Other problem I came to know is my Cash Drawer and VFD both share the same COM4 port.  To open the cash drawer, I need to send <XCT 06> which work fine but it changes the VFD display as well.
Temporary solution I found is to reset and send line feed. e.g
<XCT 31,11,10,00>  where
31: ReSet
11: Change mode to DC 1
10,00 is to set the linefeed. 
Seem to be working but not efficient.

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