Chapter 4 Application Development Information Application Development Information This chapter describes how to control the printer and gives information useful for printer application develop- ment. Controlling the Printer The printer supports the following command systems: ePOS-Print XML (Wi-Fi model only) ESC/POS 4 73 Users can control the printer by using the aforementioned commands, or the following development kits or drivers. ePOS-Print SDK OPOS ADK OPOS ADK for .NET JavaPOS ADK EPSON Advanced Printer Driver (APD) ePOS-Print XML ePOS-Print XML is the Epson original control command system for POS printers defined in XML.
With ePOS- Print XML commands, you can print in environments where http communication is available and from OS applications. For detailed information about ePOS-Print XML, see the ePOS-Print XML User's Manual. On this printer, ePOS-Print XML is only supported by a Wi-Fi model. To use ePOS-Print XML or SDK for JavaScript, set ePOS-Print to Enable in EpsonNet Config (Web Ver- sion) beforehand. For details about EpsonNet Config (Web Version), see "EpsonNet Config (Web Version)" on page 68. ESC/POS 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 TM-P80 printer functions, but detailed knowledge of printer speci- fications 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.