About OPOS ADK
What is OPOS (OLE for Retail POS)?
Driver to control POS peripherals (POS Printer/Line Display/Cash Drawer/MICR/Check Scanner/MSR etc.).
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Characteristics
-It conforms to UnifiedPOS that is the international unified specification of the method of controlling peripherals for POS.
-> It is easy to re-use applications and upgrade peripheral equipment. [Open system construction]
-It operates in Windows environment.
-Application is developed by Visual Basic/Visual C++. [Driver of OCX type]
Development environment
| OS | Differs according to the version used. Refer to the download page of each driver for details. MacOS is not supported. |
|---|---|
| Language | Visual Basic Version 5.0 or later, Visual C++ Version 5.0 or later |
Architecture
Driver Comparison Table
| Item | Advanced Printer Driver | JavaPOS ADK | OPOS ADK | OPOS ADK for .NET | Cups Driver | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | Windows Printer Driver + API |
Library (Java class file) |
Library (OCX file) |
Library (.NET class library) |
Cups Printer Driver | ||
| Environment | OS | Windows environment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Linux environment | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||
| Development | Programming language | Windows API such as VB/VC++. | Java language | Language for OCX such as VB/VC++. | Language for .NET such as VB.NET/C#. | C++ etc on Linux | |
| POS Printer | I/F(Interface) | Serial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Parallel | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Print method | Print from Word/Excel | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Windows API | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| International unifiedPOS spec. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Print function | Prints with the Device built-in Font | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Prints with Windows Font | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| Prints with arbitrary Font size | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| Reduced print | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Method of acquiring state | Epson original spec. | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| International unifiedPOS spec. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Other peripherals | Line Display | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Cash Drawer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| MICR | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Check Scanner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| MSR | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Keylock | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Electronic Journal | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
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