Chapter 3 Application Development Information 3 *1: OLE technology developed by Microsoft divides software into part blocks. The OPOS driver is presupposed to be used with a development environment such as Visual Basic, unlike ordinary Windows drivers. It is not a driver to be used for printing from commercial applications. *2: This guide describes general information on how to control printers using the OPOS ADK (in the chapter “POS Printer” and “Appendix-A”). It does not describe Epson’s specific functions. 65 Software Manual EPSON TM Virtual Port Driver:
This driver is a Serial-USB/Ethernet and Parallel-USB/ Ethernet conversion driver to make an EPSON TM/BA/ EU printer connected via USB/Ethernet accessible from a POS application through virtual COM ports and a virtual LPT port. Without making changes in the POS application that controls devices connected through serial or parallel interfaces, devices connected via USB/Ethernet can be directly controlled with ESC/POS commands. TM Virtual Port Driver User’s Manual TM-T20 Mac Printer Driver: Mac printer driver allows you to control the TM-T20 using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on Mac OS X. This is a full raster printer driver.
It is able to print images, text, and vector graphics etc., that an application displays. With this driver many printer controls are possible, such as paper cut timing control, cash drawer control, printing speed control, blank line skip, and upside-down printing. It also provides API and dialogues for print setting, sample applications, and logo setting utility. TM-T20 Mac Printer Driver User's Manual Epson TM/BA Series Thermal Printer Driver: This driver allows you to control the TM-T20 using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on GNU/Linux. This is a full raster printer driver. It is able to print images, text, and vector graphics etc., that an application displays.
With this driver many printer control are possible, such as paper cut timing control, cash drawer control, printing speed control, blank line skip, and upside-down printing. • Epson TM/BA Series Thermal Printer Driver Installation Manual • Epson TM/BA Series Thermal Printer Driver Manual • TM-T20 Thermal Printer Driver Manual