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Chapter 4 Application Development Information
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Software
The following software is provided for application development.
Development Kits
*: 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 printer drivers.
It is not a driver to be used for printing from commercial applications.
You can acquire documents regarding the UnifiedPOS from the following link.
https://nrf.com/resources/retail-technology-standards/unifiedpos
Software
Description
EPSON OPOS ADK
This OCX driver can control POS peripherals using OLE technology. *
Because controlling POS peripherals with original commands is not required on the
application side, efficient system development is possible.
EPSON OPOS ADK for .NET
The OPOS ADK for .NET is a POS industry standard printer driver compatible with
Microsoft POS for .NET. It allows you to develop applications that are compatible
with the UPOS (Unified POS) specification. When developing applications, use a
separate development environment such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
EPSON JavaPOS ADK (Windows/
Linux)
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.
Epson ePOS SDK
This is a developer kit to control applications, native applications for smart devices,
and printers. This includes libraries, manuals, and sample programs.
for Android
for iOS
for Universal Windows apps
for JavaScript
Server Direct Print
Server Direct Print function enables the TM printers with SDP (Server Direct Print) sup-
port to obtain the print data from the Web server and print the data. The Web server
application performs printing by including print data in the response to a print
request from the TM printers with SDP support.
