Specifications

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*1: OLE technology developed by Microsoft divides software into part blocks. The OPOS driver
is presupposed to be used with a development environment, such as Visual Basic, unlike
ordinary Windows drivers. It is not a driver to be used for printing from commercial
applications.
*2: This guide describes general informati
on on how to control printers using the OPOS ADK (in
the chapter “POS Printer” and “Appendix A”). It does not describe Epson’s specific functions.
JavaPOS ADK:
JavaPOS is the standard specification which defines
an architecture and device interface (API) to access
various POS devices from a Java based system. Using
JavaPOS standard API allows control with Java-based
applications of functions inherent to each device. A
flexible design with Java language and JavaPOS
enables many different types of computer systems,
such as stand alone or network configuration, to use
a same application. You can use JavaPOS to build
applications and drivers independently of platforms.
This allows flexible configurations using thin clients to
meet the system requirements.
JavaPOS ADK Installation Guide
EPSON TM Virtual Port Driver:
This driver is a Serial-USB and Parallel-USB conversion
driver to make an EPSON TM/BA/EU printer
connected via USB accessible from a POS
application through virtual COM ports and a virtual
LPT port. Without making changes in the POS
application that controls devices connected through
serial or parallel interfaces, devices connected via
USB can be directly controlled with ESC/POS
commands.
TM Virtual Port Driver User’s Manual
Software Manual