Epson OPOS ADK for .NET drivers for Windows 7

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Xience picture Xience · Dec 18, 2009 · Viewed 19.3k times · Source

Has anyone used Epson OPOS ADK for .NET for Windows 7. I tried to install Windows Vista drivers on Windows 7 since there are none available for Windows 7, but it did not work. Please share any suggestions or ideas that might have worked for you. I am using a TM-88IV receipt printer.

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t0mm13b picture t0mm13b · Dec 18, 2009

It might be easier to use a generic text printer driver. Some of those specific OPOS drivers hog up CPU resource (either they are buggy or badly written). By using a generic text printer driver, you can send escape sequences to the printer to control the formatting as the printer uses the Epson ESC2 code sequences.

By the way, I guess the cash drawer is plugged into the back of the printer yes? Again, by using the generic printer driver, you can send a specific ESC control codes to it and the drawer should kick out - It may not be relevant to the question but thought I'd include that.

In light of this, it would be worth your while to check out Microsoft's POS kit for .NET which will make your life easier, this SDK sits on top of the OPOS drivers and you have the classes, methods, properties in the .NET World.

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