Chapter 4 Application Development Information
Application Development Information
This chapter describes how to control the printer and gives information useful for printer application
development.
Controlling the Printer
The printer supports the following command systems:
• ESC/POS
Users can control the printer by using the aforementioned command, or the following development kits or
drivers.
• OPOS ADK
• OPOS ADK for .NET
• JavaPOS ADK
• EPSON Advanced Printer Driver (APD)
• ePOS-Print SDK (for Android/iOS/Windows Store Apps/JavaScript)
ESC/POS
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ESC/POS is the Epson original printer command system for POS printers and customer display. With ESC/POS
commands, you can directly control all the printer functions, but detailed knowledge of printer specifications or
combination of commands is required, compared to using drivers and applications.
For detailed information about ESC/POS commands, see the ESC/POS Command Reference that can be
accessed from the following URL.
www.epson-biz.com/pos/reference/
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