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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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