Epson Opos Adk; General Features Of Epson Opos Adk (Opos Control) - Epson TM-U220 Reference Manual

• EPSON cash drawer
Note:
The USB specification printer needs the USB driver and the Ethernet specification printer needs the IP
setting utility in addition.
For detailed information, please contact your dealer or EPSON.

2.1.2 EPSON OPOS ADK

EPSON OPOS ADK supports the development environment necessary for OLE for Retail POS
(OPOS) application development by OPOS Control proposed by the OPOS committee and
supplies a printer driver (OCX) conforming to OPOS.
When developing an OPOS confirmed application, use the following control methods. EPSON
OPOS ADK has the following features.
❏ EPSON OPOS ADK supports not only the OPOS Control (CO + SO) proposed by the OPOS
committee but also totally supports the OPOS application development environment such
as utilities for installation and setup, the contents necessary for development, such as sample
programs and manuals, and also the function of Log when debugging, and silent
installation, which enables easy installation for a targeted PC.
❏ EPSON OPOS ADK supports DirectIO with parameters for unique functions exclusively for
TM printers by EPSON. Also the power notice function, offline buffer clear processing, and
device irregular processing that has been taken into account by developers are supported by
the driver; these can reduce the number of application steps.
Note:
For detailed information for the API functions, refer to "OLE for Retail POS Application Programmer's
Guide (APG)" issued by the OPOS committee.

2.1.2.1 General Features of EPSON OPOS ADK (OPOS Control)

OPOS Control included in EPSON OPOS ADK has the following features:
❏ Offers CO for each device class and SO for EPSON devices.
❏ Can use Direct IO with parameter
• Acquires maintenance counter
• Prints bit image for which NVRAM has already been registered
❏ Power on notice function (recovering automatically to the status before the power is turned
off when turning on the power again)
❏ Offline buffer clear processing (deleting contents in print buffer at offline)
❏ Debugging function (trace function)
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