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Chapter 4 Application Development
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Software
The following software is provided for application development.
Development Kits
*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 printer drivers. It is not a driver to be used for printing from
commercial applications.
You can acquire documents regarding the UnifiedPOS from the following link.
https://www.omg.org/retail/unified-pos.htm
Software Description
EPSON OPOS ADK This OCX driver can control POS peripherals using OLE technology
*1
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Because controlling POS peripherals with original commands is not
required on the application side, efficient system development is possible.
EPSON OPOS ADK for .NET The OPOS ADK for .NET is a POS industry standard printer driver
compatible with Microsoft POS for .NET.
It allows you to develop applications that are compatible with the UPOS
(Unified POS) specification.
When developing applications, use a separate development environment
such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
EPSON JavaPOS ADK
(Windows/Linux)
JavaPOS is the standard specification which defines an architecture and
device interface (API) to access various POS devices from a Java based
system. Using JavaPOS standard API allows control with Java based
applications of functions inherent to each device. A flexible design with
Java language and JavaPOS enables many different types of computer
systems, such as stand alone or network configuration, to use a same
application. You can use JavaPOS to build applications and drivers
independently of platforms. This allows flexible configurations using thin
clients to meet the system requirements.
Epson ePOS SDK This is a developer kit to control printers via a Web application. This
includes libraries, manuals, and sample programs.
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