Epson T88IIIP - TM B/W Thermal Line Printer, Technical Reference Manual

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3-4 Application Development Information Rev. A
3.1.2.1 EPSON OPOS ADK (OPOS Control) overview
OPOS Control included with the EPSON OPOS ADK has the following features:
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Supplies the CO for each device class and SO for EPSON devices.
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Direct IO with parameters available:
• Gets the printer maintenance counter value
• Prints NVRAM-stored bit images, etc.
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Power-on notification function (at power on, this function automatically restores the printer
to the state that was active before power off).
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Offline buffer clear processing (clears the print buffer contents in offline mode).
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Debugging function (trace function):
• Obtains a log between the application and CO (target: used API and its return value)
• Device status acquisition log (gets the offline and error causes that actually occurred in
the devices)
3.1.2.2 EPSON OPOS ADK contents
The installer of the EPSON OPOS ADK, Ver. 2.10 or later, has a silent installation function,
which can install the OPOS environment without a user interface and facilitate installation. With
the installer, the following OPOS-compliant OPOS Control for EPSON devices, manuals,
various utilities, and sample programs can be installed.
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OPOS Control for EPSON devices
Header files for CO, SO, C++, header files for VB, TLB file of CO, device information files, etc.,
can be installed.
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Manuals
• User's guide (environment construction manual: installation/uninstallation, usage
methods for various utilities)
• Application Development Guide (manual for OPOS-compliant application developer:
common manual, manual for each device)
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Various utilities
• SetUpPOS utility
Facilitates selection of equipment and connection ports and various settings
(print wait time, etc.).
• TM Flash logo utility
Saves a bitmap file to the printer or customer display, for example.
• USB device driver
This driver is necessary to connect a USB model printer.