Chapter 3 Application Development Information
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3
Application Development Information
Th
i
s chap
t
er descr
i
bes how
t
o co
nt
rol
t
he pr
int
er a
n
d
gi
ves
in
forma
ti
o
n
u
sef
u
l for pr
int
er
appl
i
ca
ti
o
n
developme
nt
.
How to Control the Printer
Use a dr
i
ver or ESC/POS comma
n
ds
t
o co
nt
rol
t
he pr
int
er.
Selecting a Driver
Choose o
n
e of
t
he dr
i
vers l
i
s
t
ed
in
n
d
ing
o
n
t
he appl
i
ca
ti
o
n
opera
ting
e
n
v
i
ro
n
me
nt
. Yo
u
ca
nn
o
t
co
nt
rol a s
ing
le pr
int
er w
it
h more
t
ha
n
o
n
e dr
i
ver.
For
in
forma
ti
o
n
abo
ut
t
he dr
i
ver opera
ting
e
n
v
i
ro
n
me
nt
, see
t
he
in
s
t
alla
ti
o
n
ma
nu
al for each
dr
i
ver.
When you newly develop an application
• Use APD
i
f yo
u
wa
nt
t
o pr
int
Tr
u
eType fo
nt
s or pr
int
ma
n
y
g
raph
i
cs.
• OPOS ADK
i
s recomme
n
ded for sys
t
em ex
t
e
n
s
i
b
i
l
it
y. A
n
OPOS dr
i
ver
i
s prov
i
ded for var
i
o
u
s
per
i
pherals a
n
d
it
i
s a POS
in
d
u
s
t
ry s
t
a
n
dard
n
ow. I
t
e
n
ables POS sys
t
em eff
i
c
i
e
n
cy, red
u
c
ti
o
n
of developme
nt
cos
t
, a
n
d effec
ti
ve
u
se of appl
i
ca
ti
o
n
asse
t
s.
You can use all functions, including ones not supported by OPOS ADK or APD, by using
ESC/POS commands through your driver. Use the DIRECT I/O function of OPOS ADK, the
control A command of APD, or Status API to send ESC/POS commands from each driver.
(See