Software Requirements; Operating System Requirements - IBM 4610-TM6 - SureMark Printer TM6 Two-color Thermal Transfer User Manual

August 24, 2004
v IBM 4695 systems (RS-232 connection only and with power supply)
v 7497 POS Attachment Adapter (RPQ 8Q1238 in US, RS-485 only)
v PC or other store controller with an RS-232 or USB port
v SurePOS 700 Series systems (USB connection only)
v SurePOS 500 Series systems (RS-232 connection only)

Software requirements

Operating system requirements

POSS drivers can be downloaded from the Retail Store Solutions Web site. See
"Resources on the Internet" on page 44 for more information.
If you use the RS-485 interface, you must use POSS or 4690 OS drivers. If you use
the RS-232 interface, use the commands described in Appendix C, "RS-232
programming information," on page 97.
RS-232 interface: When using the RS-232 interface, attach thermal/impact
SureMark Printers to systems that are running one of these operating systems:
v Windows
v Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows NT
When using the RS-232 interface, attach single-station SureMark Printers to
systems that are running Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98 Second Edition,
or Windows NT 4.0 with OPOS and JavaPOS support from POS Suite V1.3.1 or
later
RS-485 interface: When using the RS-485 interface, attach thermal/impact
SureMark Printers to systems that are running one of these operating systems:
v 4690 Operating System Version 1 at maintenance level 9910, 4690 OS V2 or
v IBM PC DOS 2000 or later with POSS for DOS V1.60(b) plus delta package
v Windows 2000 Professional with:
v Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows NT 4.0 with POSS for Windows, OPOS
When using the RS-485 interface, attach single-station SureMark Printers to
systems that are running one of these operating systems:
v IBM PC DOS 2000 with POSS for DOS V2.10 or later (Model TM6 only)
v Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows NT 4.0
USB interface: When using the USB interface, attach thermal/impact SureMark
Printers to systems that are running one of these operating systems:
v 4690 OS V2R3, which includes JavaPOS 1.4
v Windows 2000 Professional with:
®
2000 Professional with OPOS and JavaPOS
Suite V1.2 or later
support from POS Suite V1.0 or later
4690 OS V2R3
160(D), or later
– POSS for Windows from POS Suite V1.1 or later
– OPOS and JavaPOS support from POS Suite V1.2 or later
and JavaPOS support from POS Suite V1.0 or later
with:
– POSS for Windows from POS Suite V1.3.0 or later
– OPOS and JavaPOS support from POS Suite V1.3.1 or later
– POSS for Windows from POS Suite V1.1 or later
– OPOS and JavaPOS support from POS Suite V1.2 or later
™
support from POS
®
4.0 with OPOS and JavaPOS
Chapter 1. Introduction
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