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Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Useful Functions for Smart Devices
The Epson TM Utility for iOS/Android app provides the following useful functions for iOS and Android smart
devices.
View Printer Status
Change Printer Settings
Check Printer Operations
Demonstration
Wi-Fi® Setup Wizard
Update the Firmware
Setup Wizard
The wizard provided allows you to easily connect to smart devices.
For how to set the wireless LAN interface, see
"Setting up from a Smart Device" on page 36
.
Change Printer Settings
You can change the software settings of the connected printer.
For an outline of the function, see
"Software Settings" on page 60
Demonstration
Touch your device to the NFC tag built-in to the printer, or capture the QR code with the camera on your smart
device to select the printer and begin printing. You can try a demo of this function in Epson TM Utility for iOS/
Android.
Specify the printer selection method from "Demonstration" in the menu, then follow the on-screen
instructions.
You can download the Epson TM Utility for iOS/Android from the App Store or Google Play
TM
.
Use Epson ePOS SDK to build this function into your application. This function is created by
combining NFC touch and QR code capturing operations, the target printer specifications using
Printer Easy Select API, and the print processing.
See the "Epson ePOS SDK for Android/iOS User's Manual" and the Epson ePOS SDK sample program
for more details. The sample program also contains a sample implementation method for reading an
NFC tag and capturing a QR code.