title: Is there such a thing as a virtual COM port receipt printer?
body: <p>I'm debugging some code that writes directly to a COM port in order to print receipts on a receipt printer. The printer model is something like an Epson TM-88.</p>
  
  <p>Instead of printing reams of thermal paper while debugging this code, it would be nice if I could use some kind of virtual printer. </p>
  
  <p>Like <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PDFCreator</a> or <a href="http://www.fineprint.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FinePrint</a>, but with a virtual COM port instead of a virtual windows printer.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know of such a thing?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> The code sends control characters to get bold text and other formatting. I'd like to see this in the output if possible.</p>