diff --git a/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/PaxInterface.cs b/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/PaxInterface.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 29b52734..e052dab3
--- a/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/PaxInterface.cs
+++ b/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/PaxInterface.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public override ISignatureResponse PromptForSignature(string transactionId = nul
                 ControlCodes.FS,
                 300
             ));
-            var signatureResponse = new SignatureResponse(response);
+            var signatureResponse = new SignatureResponse(response, _controller.DeviceType.Value);
             if (signatureResponse.DeviceResponseCode == "000000")
                 return GetSignatureFile();
             return signatureResponse;
diff --git a/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/Responses/SignatureResponse.cs b/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/Responses/SignatureResponse.cs
index bbce1e9d..e911533d 100644
--- a/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/Responses/SignatureResponse.cs
+++ b/src/GlobalPayments.Api/Terminals/PAX/Responses/SignatureResponse.cs
@@ -8,29 +8,46 @@ public class SignatureResponse : PaxTerminalResponse, ISignatureResponse {
         private DeviceType _deviceType;
 
         public int TotalLength { get; set; }
-        public int ResponseLegth { get; set; }
+        public int ResponseLength { get; set; }
+        public string UnparsedSignature { get; set; }
+
+
 
         public SignatureResponse(byte[] response, DeviceType deviceType = DeviceType.PAX_S300) : base(response, PAX_MSG_ID.A09_RSP_GET_SIGNATURE, PAX_MSG_ID.A21_RSP_DO_SIGNATURE) {
             _deviceType = deviceType;
+            ProcessImage();  // must be called AFTER setting device type
         }
 
         protected override void ParseResponse(BinaryReader br) {
             base.ParseResponse(br);
-
-            if (DeviceResponseCode == "000000" && Command == PAX_MSG_ID.A09_RSP_GET_SIGNATURE) {
+            if (DeviceResponseCode == "000000" && Command == PAX_MSG_ID.A09_RSP_GET_SIGNATURE)
+            {
                 TotalLength = int.Parse(br.ReadToCode(ControlCodes.FS));
-                ResponseLegth = int.Parse(br.ReadToCode(ControlCodes.FS));
+                ResponseLength = int.Parse(br.ReadToCode(ControlCodes.FS));
 
-                var signatureData = br.ReadToCode(ControlCodes.ETX);
+                UnparsedSignature = br.ReadToCode(ControlCodes.ETX);
+            }
+
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// call this to convert string data to a BMP image and store it
+        /// </summary>
+        private void ProcessImage()
+        {
+            if (UnparsedSignature != null)
+            {
                 int imageWidth = 150;
-                switch (_deviceType) {
+                switch (_deviceType)
+                {
                     case DeviceType.PAX_PX5:
-                    case DeviceType.PAX_PX7: {
+                    case DeviceType.PAX_PX7:
+                        {
                             imageWidth = 350;
-                        } break;
+                        }
+                        break;
                 }
-                SignatureData = TerminalUtilities.BuildSignatureImage(signatureData, imageWidth);
+                SignatureData = TerminalUtilities.BuildSignatureImage(UnparsedSignature, imageWidth);
             }
         }
     }