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Chapter4 Information for Application Development
Using the Epson Inkjet Label Printer SDK
The SDK provides you an environment required for your application to print through the Epson printer driver.
The followings are included.
Operating Environment
How to Get Software
Download from Epson website.
Using the ESC/Label Commands
The ESC/Label commands allow you to print directly from your application without using the printer driver.
For more details about ESC/Label commands, contact qualified service personnel.
Item
Description
Epson Inkjet Label Printer SDK
User’s Guide
Describes overview of Epson Inkjet Label Printer SDK configuration, functions
required for controlling the Epson inkjet label printer from an application, how to use
the sample programs, and printer driver settings that need to be configured in
advance.
EPDI
(EPSON Printer Driver Interface)
EPDI (EPSON Printer Driver Interface) provides application programming interfaces of
Epson printer driver. By using the EPDI, you can configure the Epson printer driver
settings from your application.
For details about EPDI and information necessary to use it on your application pro-
gramming, see “EPDI for Inkjet Label Printer Reference Guide” included in this SDK.
EpsonNet SDK
EpsonNet SDK provides API commands to get status of Epson inkjet label printer. For
details about the API and information necessary to use it on your application pro-
gramming, see “EpsonNet SDK for Windows Reference Guide” included in this SDK.
Label Print Sample Program
Provides executable files and source files of the program that perform printing from
Epson inkjet label printer using Epson Inkjet Label Printer SDK. For instructions on
how to use the sample programs, see “Epson Inkjet Label Printer SDK User’s Guide”.
OS
Refer to the Appendix.
Software
Printer driver (install it using Install Navi)
.NET Framework Ver.3.5 (not provided by Epson. Please get the software by yourself.)