I can tell you from a ton of experience that the minus sign doesn't work. If it worked for you, that is great; but it has never worked for me.
I use the Star TPS800, and it is the best thing we ever put in. You can print right to tamper-proof paper. The best part is we don't make any more errors writing out controlled scripts, and it is MUCH faster.
A side effect of this is that you always have the same 4 by 6 inch scripts. It's impossible to go back and forth -- I have asked. So, when you do print out scripts, you use one sheet of paper per script. You also lose your electronic signature on the bottom, and some crazy pharamcies won't take them even though it doesn't mean anything. There is an easy workaround which is to change your name in the Users section to FName Digitally signed by and LName to your full name. It even shows up on letters like this so you don't have to sign them.
We fax all of our scripts like this from the room. We certainly don't print to expensive 2.4 cents per script for amoxicillin and MiraLax.
You must use the TPS 800 script size (the #1). Any questions, please PM me.
