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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on November 19, 2024, 07:21:44 pm
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NOTICE: SEMITRON NEW TARIFF BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
We are now taking bookings for the new tariff.
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: A queuing system will be in place at the check-in point opposite D11 DD26 FROM 9AM.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Regular business will operate at D11 DX98.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Is that skan john ?
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https://finder.eircode.ie/#/
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: A queuing system will be in place at the check-in point opposite D11 DD26 FROM 9AM.
D11 DD26 - looks like they want people to park up on the opposite side of Tolka Valley Park and drive around when it's their turn? Very clever. The last time, the 'other' Skan had queues almost out to the Finglas Road!
D11 DX98 is:
SKAN AUTO ELECTRICAL
UNIT 7
BLOCK 1
TOLKA VALLEY BUSINESS PARK
BALLYBOGGAN ROAD
DUBLIN 11
D11 DX98
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Tanks watty ... tink ill wait till thers no que ... a few % difference in me earnins won't make much difference... I think this December is goin be another dud again anyway...at least the day work
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About 15 in the queue on Tolka Valley Rd when I drove by 30 mins ago. I'll be saying my prayers they can find they way to Skan without getting lost :P
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i was up in skan earlier. i hadta get receipt rolls.
a frenzy of activity up there. i'll wait a few weeks til it all blows over.
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Anybody know the polite, non-libelous story why there's two Skan's so close to each other? You'd imagine the first one would have refused permission for the second to use the name - brand recognition 'n' all?
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Anybody know the polite, non-libelous story why there's two Skan's so close to each other? You'd imagine the first one would have refused permission for the second to use the name - brand recognition 'n' all?
I always thought the same. But look how long the Diesel case took to come to a conclusion.
https://businessplus.ie/news/diesel-dispute/
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Anybody know the polite, non-libelous story why there's two Skan's so close to each other? You'd imagine the first one would have refused permission for the second to use the name - brand recognition 'n' all?
Easy one lad worked for the other and realized the Name Scan was not registered or copywritten .Ken in Scan is a decent bloke he sent me the link to post I will ring sometime .I have been with him since I started .Very helpfull top class work .
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i always wondered why ken had that gloomy always sighing demeanour.
dealing with demanding pig ignorant apes will do it to you.
it's 50/50 going in there there'll be some sorta bollocks kickin off in the shop.
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i was up in skan earlier. i hadta get receipt rolls. ...
I get me receipt rolls online from this crowd below with Free delivery.
Works out cheaper to buy a years supply at a time and delivery is just a few days.
https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/ (https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/)
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cool. thanks ken.
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cool. thanks ken.
No worries, unfortunately my Hale meter has to print a receipt fer every fare, I used to have a switch on it but my Grumpy meter installer guy will no longer work on an 'ILLEGAL' meter as in a meter with a printer on/off switch on it.
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Waste of paper as id say 98% of passengers dont want a receipt.
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On my semitron you put some tape over the sensor and you don't need a roll in it to close the fare.If someone requests a receipt yo u can reinstall the roll quickly and print away.
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
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That's even better again Horse.It more about the hassle of having to get new rolls as well.
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On my semitron you put some tape over the sensor and you don't need a roll in it to close the fare.If someone requests a receipt yo u can reinstall the roll quickly and print away.
Where is the sensor ?
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
+1 on the Primus, just leave the roll in the printer but don't feed it into the drive until receipt required.
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cool. thanks ken.
No worries, unfortunately my Hale meter has to print a receipt fer every fare, I used to have a switch on it but my Grumpy meter installer guy will no longer work on an 'ILLEGAL' meter as in a meter with a printer on/off switch on it.
My (also Hale MT5) installer doesn't give a flying fuck ... but then it'd be a bit ironic if he did given his criminal record. NSAI agents, Applus++++, don't seem to care either. I used to bypass the switch for sealing but lost interest in doing that after a year or three. Once I forgot to switch the printer on for a meter verification and your man told me he had to fail it 'cos he couldn't print a receipt - jogging my ever increasingly unreliable memory - in response to which I suggested I might know what's wrong. He gave me a sure we all know what's wrong you fucking hallfwit kinda look and said if I can sort it within 10 minutes he'll seal it. Needless to say it was sorted and sealed!
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Jack Meoff
"Where is the sensor ? "
There's a small square white sensor underneath where the roll sits on.Once it's covered with tape the printer thinks it has a roll inside.I'll try take a photo and upload it later.
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Here Jack.
I dunno why I thought it was white but it's brown now and it looks like a little microchip.With this taped over with a tiny bit of duct tape the fare will close with it the roll in the rollers.
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Handy to know
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You can also use the remainder of the duct tape to stick a banana to a wall.
No problem, you're welcome. 8)
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Getting a semi reading this thread..... ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck
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Getting a semi reading this thread..... ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck
A full TRON 8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/J4QnrDQM/download.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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..... unfortunately my Hale meter has to print a receipt fer every fare, I used to have a switch on it but my Grumpy meter installer guy will no longer work on an 'ILLEGAL' meter as in a meter with a printer on/off switch on it.
My (also Hale MT5) installer doesn't give a flying fuck ... but then it'd be a bit ironic if he did given his criminal record. NSAI agents, Applus++++, don't seem to care either. .....
My fella does care these days, back in the day he was the fella installing the On/Off switches !
But today he is all Rules. He must have a Cushty number going with the NTA and does not wish to mess it up ??
Anyways I store all the old receipts at home fer 2 weeks just in case there is an App or NTA query about a fare.
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
What's that meter and printer called Horse ?
Most likely my '07' Hale will go out of use in 2027 and I will prob want your type then.
Shite sick of Fookin receipts everywhere.
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That's even better again Horse.It more about the hassle of having to get new rolls as well.
I get me receipt rolls online from this crowd below with Free delivery.
Works out cheaper to buy a years supply at a time and Free delivery is just a few days.
https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/ (https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/)
Works out at about .65 cent per roll, but ya never have to worry about going short is the best.
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The semitron meter programme .From SKAN .Weekdays you que on tolka the engineers come to you .Weekends you go to Shop no pre booking required .GREAT service 15 mins turnaround .
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The semitron meter programme .From SKAN .Weekdays you que on tolka the engineers come to you .Weekends you go to Shop no pre booking required .GREAT service 15 mins turnaround .
Is it cash only John?
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
What's that meter and printer called Horse ?
Most likely my '07' Hale will go out of use in 2027 and I will prob want your type then.
Shite sick of Fookin receipts everywhere.
It's a semitron Ken. I had a hale before. Poxy yolk. Wouldn't work without paper in the roll. Was also very fussy and had to be a particular exact one. I was flying through the receipt
rolls like nobody's business. Poxy things all stuffed in my door and getting wrapped around me feet if I forgot to rip it off. Now I just pop me little door down when I need a receipt and pop it back open when it's done. Like I said, I get about a year out of a roll.
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The semitron meter programme .From SKAN .Weekdays you que on tolka the engineers come to you .Weekends you go to Shop no pre booking required .GREAT service 15 mins turnaround .
Is it cash only John?
I paid Cash so I dont know but in store you can pay by card .
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
What's that meter and printer called Horse ?
Most likely my '07' Hale will go out of use in 2027 and I will prob want your type then.
Shite sick of Fookin receipts everywhere.
It's a semitron Ken. I had a hale before. Poxy yolk. Wouldn't work without paper in the roll. Was also very fussy and had to be a particular exact one. I was flying through the receipt
rolls like nobody's business. Poxy things all stuffed in my door and getting wrapped around me feet if I forgot to rip it off. Now I just pop me little door down when I need a receipt and pop it back open when it's done. Like I said, I get about a year out of a roll.
Is that a mirror meter Horse ?
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Yea Ken. The one with the red digits rather than the blue.
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Can your meter work without a roll in the printer ?
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I'm not sure Jack. I'll check in a bit. It works without having to print though.
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***NEW NOTICE****
We are no longer taking appointments, queuing system in place.
Meeting point D11 DD26.
If there is no queue please come down to D11 DX98.
Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm.
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Thank you for your cooperation at this time!
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Yea Ken. The one with the red digits rather than the blue.
I'm not too fond of Mirror meters, but as time is short on my Hale (as posted), I'm booked in tomorrow fer a nua Mirror meter, €620 with new program, not sure what type but defo it's not a Semitron as my grumpy installer does not do them.
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Can your meter work without a roll in the printer ?
Yes it can.
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Is it fairly new ?
Mine can’t, must be an old model
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Yea Ken. The one with the red digits rather than the blue.
I'm not too fond of Mirror meters, but as time is short on my Hale (as posted), I'm booked in tomorrow fer a nua Mirror meter, €620 with new program, not sure what type but defo it's not a Semitron as my grumpy installer does not do them.
Probably: https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html (https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html)
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Is it fairly new ?
Mine can’t, must be an old model
I got it around 4 years ago Jack when I switched cars.
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
What's that meter and printer called Horse ?
Most likely my '07' Hale will go out of use in 2027 and I will prob want your type then.
Shite sick of Fookin receipts everywhere.
It's a semitron Ken. I had a hale before. Poxy yolk. Wouldn't work without paper in the roll. Was also very fussy and had to be a particular exact one. I was flying through the receipt
rolls like nobody's business. Poxy things all stuffed in my door and getting wrapped around me feet if I forgot to rip it off. Now I just pop me little door down when I need a receipt and pop it back open when it's done. Like I said, I get about a year out of a roll.
Is that a mirror meter Horse ?
Yea Ken. The one with the red digits rather than the blue.
Thanks fer that Horse, I bought a nua Alberen meter + printer today and the lift cover thing to Not print is the same as your Semi-on.
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...I'm not too fond of Mirror meters, but as time is short on my Hale (as posted), I'm booked in tomorrow fer a nua Mirror meter, €620 with new program, not sure what type but defo it's not a Semitron as my grumpy installer does not do them.
Probably: https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html (https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html)
Thanks fer that SB as me nua Alberen has no user manual. ::cheers
Pessing the Stop button to show time in seconds + date is handy.
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...I'm not too fond of Mirror meters, but as time is short on my Hale (as posted), I'm booked in tomorrow fer a nua Mirror meter, €620 with new program, not sure what type but defo it's not a Semitron as my grumpy installer does not do them.
Probably: https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html (https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html)
Thanks fer that SB as me nua Alberen has no user manual. ::cheers
:2cheers
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I just leave me little door open merch and the metre works fine. If they want a receipt I just close the printer door. I get about a year out of a receipt roll.
What's that meter and printer called Horse ?
Most likely my '07' Hale will go out of use in 2027 and I will prob want your type then.
Shite sick of Fookin receipts everywhere.
It's a semitron Ken. I had a hale before. Poxy yolk. Wouldn't work without paper in the roll. Was also very fussy and had to be a particular exact one. I was flying through the receipt
rolls like nobody's business. Poxy things all stuffed in my door and getting wrapped around me feet if I forgot to rip it off. Now I just pop me little door down when I need a receipt and pop it back open when it's done. Like I said, I get about a year out of a roll.
Is that a mirror meter Horse ?
Yea Ken. The one with the red digits rather than the blue.
Thanks fer that Horse, I bought a nua Alberen meter + printer today and the lift cover thing to Not print is the same as your Semi-on.
Good on you Ken. You'll save loads of rolls now.
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If I leave printer open meter reads meter busy wont clear .
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Mine just says no paper but works fine john
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Try my idea John with tape over the little sensor.I posted a pic somewhere.
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Try my idea John with tape over the little sensor.I posted a pic somewhere.
I can't find that bleedin sensor on my Taxitronic!!
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There must be a way for the printer to know if it has a roll inserted if it's able to stop you closing the fare off.Feel around Hal to see if it has any electronics or moving bits around where the roll sits.The thing on mine is only 3 millimeters wide.I doubt the tech varies a lot in different brands.
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There must be a way for the printer to know if it has a roll inserted if it's able to stop you closing the fare off.Feel around Hal to see if it has any electronics or moving bits around where the roll sits.The thing on mine is only 3 millimeters wide.I doubt the tech varies a lot in different brands.
I'll have a mooch around tomorrow...cheers!!
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Try my idea John with tape over the little sensor.I posted a pic somewhere.
I can't find that bleedin sensor on my Taxitronic!!
If there was hair on it.... ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck
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Try my idea John with tape over the little sensor.I posted a pic somewhere.
I can't find that bleedin sensor on my Taxitronic!!
I'd say that would become a pain after a while Hal pulling the tape off and then putting it back on fer every 20th customer that requires a receipt.
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Once the tape is on it's permanent.When the customer requires a receipt you just open the door and pull the paper through and close it to print.It takes me about two seconds to install the paper when needed.
It works without rewiring anything...just a tiny bit of tape.Passes suitability as long as the roll is in for the test.
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Once the tape is on it's permanent.When the customer requires a receipt you just open the door and pull the paper through and close it to print.It takes me about two seconds to install the paper when needed.
It works without rewiring anything...just a tiny bit of tape.Passes suitability as long as the roll is in for the test.
I did post this on another thread but got my meter updated today in Robinsons,Charlie was telling me that when the new tariff kicks in the meter will work when the current till roll finishes...we'll see!!
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That's great news Hal.The regulations were likely misinterpreted by the installers to sell printer rolls.Offering a receipt and being able to print a recipt should always have been good enough.The meters can be programmed to do whatever is required.Since I started driving the cost of rolls has doubled so it's a bit of a scam IMO.
I dunno what if anything will change on the Semitron but I'll be ready with the tape is just in case.
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I don't get all yous an yer penny pinchin on rolls .... they cost me about a tenner a yer ...Ken has yis all penny pinchin pound foolish sort o ting
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It's not penny pinching Octy it's about getting rid of inefficiency.
I don't like have to deal with any of the installers once they've put the meter in.It's a ball ache running out of paper and having to find more.Me car was full of used paper.Door pockets,glove box in me jeans pockets fukking everywhere.Around me neck like a tie..
The money saving is just an unexpected benefit.
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It's not penny pinching Octy it's about getting rid of inefficiency.
I don't like have to deal with any of the installers once they've put the meter in.It's a ball ache running out of paper and having to find more.Me car was full of used paper.Door pockets,glove box in me jeans pockets fukking everywhere.Around me neck like a tie..
The money saving is just an unexpected benefit.
Yea maybe ... as long as Ken isn't cuntagess .... I do remember sumone on here yers ago posting that them rolls are carcinogenic... an I do remember readin bout it meself an as far as I know they are ... so maybe that's another benefit not havin to handle the cunty tings
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https://www.breastcanceruk.org.uk/wp/proposed-new-restrictions-on-bpa-in-thermal-paper/ (https://www.breastcanceruk.org.uk/wp/proposed-new-restrictions-on-bpa-in-thermal-paper/)
It gives ya breastfeeding cancer ....diabeetees, heart disease an worse of all... a limp willy alledgedly.....
Carry on I'm all ears
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If it made me sterile I'd be happy enough.Save my a few grand on the oul sniperoo doctor.I'd say the bus fumes coming in the window will do me more damage.
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https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/taxitronic/ir32-receipt-rolls/ (https://www.discounttillrolls.ie/taxi-supplies/taxitronic/ir32-receipt-rolls/)
Apparently these are bpa free ... I must ask
Skan bout this ...
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It's more about inconvenience for me than cost. I'll miss my switch, no doubt about that!
However, as someone pointed out on here recently, the receipt numbers collected at each ISI/LRA could give Revenue useful data. In my case it'd be fairly obvious that such data is being suppressed unless they find fares averaging over a grand plausible!
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It's more about inconvenience for me than cost. I'll miss my switch, no doubt about that! ....
I gave up my beautiful switch on the old Hale a few years back, I did Love both of them, but both sadly gone off to the big Meter/Switch factory in the sky.
I really hate CHANGE !!
Very unexpectantly I have taken very much to my nua Alberen mirror meter, which I had my mind set very firmly on Hating from day 1. With a birra help from SB in showing me the online user manual, which I read;
https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html (https://www.manualslib.com/products/Alberen-Itaksi-M12-10532812.html)
The Alberen printer on the dash is a Joy, leave the cover very slightly ajar and it never prints, obviousely never volunteer a receipt but if they ask, just tap the printer cover down and press the 'Vacant' button and out it comes, if'n you make a Bollix of that, then just do it again putting the printer cover down properly next time with a tiny birra roll sticking out and press 'Vacant' as many times as you want to print more of the same receipts.
After the receipt is printed, tear it off, give it to the customer and then using two fingers pull up the roll just a tiny tad and half close the cover.
@ Stephen; It's actually easier to do than turning the old switch On/Off when you get used to it.
But I would advise practise.
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Like yourself I'm not at all keen on a mirror meter, Ken. However, it seems the logical way to go given that our next cars might not readily accommodate dashboard fitting i.e. most newer cars seem to have screens blocking much of the dashboard. Maybe it'll grow on me too!
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Like yourself I'm not at all keen on a mirror meter, Ken. However, it seems the logical way to go given that our next cars might not readily accommodate dashboard fitting i.e. most newer cars seem to have screens blocking much of the dashboard. Maybe it'll grow on me too!
In the words of me 'Small fella' whom I spent half an hour Grumbling about the new meter and printer to, he said;
"Fook sake Da, ya get used to it !".
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That's exactly the way my semitron printer works Ken. I must try the vacant button to see if it reprints the last receipt because the very odd time it gets stuck and kinda doesn't print properly. It's only on the really rare occasions though.
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Just wondering did anyone actually get a semitron meter upgraded yet? And if they did does the meter still run with the printer door open? I'd hate to have to go back to constantly printing receipts that nobody wants. The fact Ken has his one going like my one now would kill me if mine didn't work anymore :(
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Just wondering did anyone actually get a semitron meter upgraded yet? And if they did does the meter still run with the printer door open? I'd hate to have to go back to constantly printing receipts that nobody wants. The fact Ken has his one going like my one now would kill me if mine didn't work anymore :(
Did you not upgrade your Semi-on meter yet Horse ?
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No, not yet Ken. I was waiting till the rush died down. I don't work nights anymore so I don't really give a shit about the pittance of a raise they gave the day drivers. What is it anyway, 4 pence extra for every 100 miles or something ridiculous like that isn't it.
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No, not yet Ken. I was waiting till the rush died down. I don't work nights anymore so I don't really give a shit about the pittance of a raise they gave the day drivers. What is it anyway, 4 pence extra for every 100 miles or something ridiculous like that isn't it.
It was a pretty dismal raise fer the Day drivers at only a 1.5% increase in the running rate, but at least ye can now put on the extra Euro on the PUC.
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Does anybody know how to show last fare on a mirror meter ?
It used to be press button 3 on my old Hale meter.
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Probably in the manual, Ken! You can download/view (Alberen M12) in PDF format from:
https://taxipoint.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/M12-Taxameter-English.pdf
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... and when you find the answer come back and tell the rest of us!
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Probably in the manual, Ken! You can download/view (Alberen M12) in PDF format from:
https://taxipoint.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/M12-Taxameter-English.pdf
I read that already, it sez press 'Vacant' button to show last fare but pressing 'Vacant' while in 'For Hire' mode only prints another receipt ??
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So print the receipt and read it!
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So print the receipt and read it!
What !!
As in reach over a full 2 feet twice to open and close the printer,
you must be joking !!
lol
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Just wondering did anyone actually get a semitron meter upgraded yet? And if they did does the meter still run with the printer door open? I'd hate to have to go back to constantly printing receipts that nobody wants. The fact Ken has his one going like my one now would kill me if mine didn't work anymore :(
Did you not upgrade your Semi-on meter yet Horse ?
Would you believe my meter is actually an Alberen! I had a mirror semitron a while back and got a new metre into my prius when I bought it. I just presumed it was a semitron. That was until yesterday when I seen Alberen stuck on it. Must be old age or something.
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Just wondering did anyone actually get a semitron meter upgraded yet? And if they did does the meter still run with the printer door open? I'd hate to have to go back to constantly printing receipts that nobody wants. The fact Ken has his one going like my one now would kill me if mine didn't work anymore :(
Did you not upgrade your Semi-on meter yet Horse ?
Would you believe my meter is actually an Alberen! I had a mirror semitron a while back and got a new metre into my prius when I bought it. I just presumed it was a semitron. That was until yesterday when I seen Alberen stuck on it. Must be old age or something.
You're 'aving a Turkish? 8)