Epson M00002104 User Manual
Advanced Printer Driver Ver.4
Install Manual
Overview
An overview of the APD and the description of
operating environment.
Installation and Setup
Descriptions from installation of the APD to
making prints with the TM printer.
Silent Installation
Descriptions of the silent install.
M00002104
Rev. F
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ESC/POS® Command System
EPSON has been taking industry’s initiatives with its own POS printer command system (ESC/POS).
ESC/POS has a large number of commands including patented ones. Its high scalability enables users
to build versatile POS systems. The system is compatible with all types of EPSON POS printers (excluding
the TM-C100) and displays. Moreover, its flexibility makes it easy to upgrade the future. The functionality
and the user-friendliness is valued around the world.
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For Safety
Key to Symbols
The symbols in this manual are identified by their level of importance, as defined below. Read
the following carefully before handling the product.
Provides information that must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment or a
malfunction.
Provides important information and useful tips.
Restriction of Use
When this product is used for applications requiring high reliability/safety such as
transportation devices related to aviation, rail, marine, automotive etc.; disaster prevention
devices; various safety devices etc; or functional/precision devices etc, you should use this
product only after giving consideration to including fail-safes and redundancies into your
design to maintain safety and total system reliability. Because this product was not intended for
use in applications requiring extremely high reliability/safety such as aerospace equipment,
main communication equipment, nuclear power control equipment, or medical equipment
related to direct medical care etc, please make your own judgment on this product’s suitability
after a full evaluation.
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About this Manual
Aim of the Manual
This manual is aimed to provide the necessary information to install the EPSON TM printer
driver and Customer display (Advanced Printer Driver).
Manual Content
The manual is made up of the following sections:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Overview
Installation and Setup
Silent Installation
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Contents
■ For Safety...............................................................................................................................3
Key to Symbols ....................................................................................................................................... 3
■ Restriction of Use ..................................................................................................................3
■ About this Manual ................................................................................................................4
Aim of the Manual................................................................................................................................. 4
Manual Content .................................................................................................................................... 4
■ Contents ................................................................................................................................5
Overview ........................................................................................7
■ Introduction...........................................................................................................................7
Package organization........................................................................................................................... 7
Manual organization ............................................................................................................................. 8
■ Operating Environment........................................................................................................9
Computer ............................................................................................................................................... 9
OS ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
.NET Framework Version ........................................................................................................................ 9
Interface ............................................................................................................................................... 10
Application........................................................................................................................................... 10
■ Supported Models ..............................................................................................................10
■ Connection Pattern ............................................................................................................11
Connecting cable............................................................................................................................... 12
■ Restrictions .......................................................................................................................... 13
■ Manuals/Sample Programs ...............................................................................................14
Installation............................................................................................................................................. 14
Uninstallation ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Installation and Setup..................................................................17
Notes on upgrading from APD 2.xx, 3.xx........................................................................................... 17
■ Installation methods ...........................................................................................................17
■ Standard Install ...................................................................................................................18
Installation Flow.................................................................................................................................... 18
Installation............................................................................................................................................. 18
Connecting the TM Printer.................................................................................................................. 24
Print Test Page ...................................................................................................................................... 26
■ Uninstallation.......................................................................................................................27
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■ When connecting Customer Display to TM printer ......................................................... 29
Installation Flow ....................................................................................................................................29
Installation when using pass-through connection............................................................................ 29
Installation when using Y-connection ................................................................................................ 33
Connecting the devices .....................................................................................................................37
Test print/display................................................................................................................................... 38
■ Plug and Play...................................................................................................................... 39
Installation Flow ....................................................................................................................................39
Connecting the TM Printer ..................................................................................................................40
Installing the printer driver ................................................................................................................... 40
■ Custom Install ..................................................................................................................... 41
Installation Flow ....................................................................................................................................41
Installation .............................................................................................................................................41
■ Shared Printer ..................................................................................................................... 46
Installation ............................................................................................................................................. 46
Uninstallation.........................................................................................................................................49
■ Maintenance after Installing the APD .............................................................................. 51
Adding the printer driver .....................................................................................................................51
Uninstalling the printer driver............................................................................................................... 54
Replacing a printer ..............................................................................................................................55
Changing the port settings of the TM printer ....................................................................................56
Silent Installation ..........................................................................57
■ What Is a Silent Installation?.............................................................................................. 57
Flow of the Silent Installation ............................................................................................................... 58
■ Setting the APD Environment To Be Copied..................................................................... 58
APD Setting ...........................................................................................................................................58
■ Creating a Package or Script file ..................................................................................... 60
■ Executing the Silent Installation ........................................................................................ 63
How to execute the Silent Installation................................................................................................ 63
Checking the Installation Result .........................................................................................................64
Command Options ..............................................................................................................................64
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Chapter 1 Overview
Overview
Introduction
Advanced Printer Driver (hereafter called APD) is a Windows printer driver for EPSON TM
printers and Customer Displays. You can display the Customer Display using the same
operation as printing.
APD can monitor the status of the TM printer with Status API for use of POS embedded.
However, the Customer Display is not supported.
The APD environment that is already set up can be restored (silent install) on another computer.
The printers locally connected to the computers can be used as shared printers (Point & Print), by
using network function of the OS.
Screens in Windows Vista are used for the descriptions in this manual.
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Package organization
The APD consists of the following packages.
APD installer (APD_4xxE.exe)
A package to install the APD.
Manual/Sample installer (APDMANE_x.exe)
A package to install APD manuals (PDF) and sample programs using the APD.
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Manual organization
Install Manual
This manual. Descriptions of the procedures from installing the APD to performing test print,
adding printer drivers, and the silent install which is an automated APD installation.
TM Printer Manual
Descriptions of how to use the APD and its functions.
Printer Specification
Descriptions of the specifications of each printer driver.
TM-C100 Manual
Descriptions of how to use the TM-C100 printer driver and its functions.
Customer Display Manual
Descriptions of how to use the Customer Display printer driver and its functions.
Status API Manual
Descriptions of how to get the status of the TM printer from the user application by using the
Status API.
Devmode API / PRINTERINFO Manual
Descriptions of how to configure some printer functions on your application using the Devmode
API. Explanations about PrinterInfo, which is one of the Windows functions, are also provided.
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Operating Environment
Computer
Any PC/AT compatible machine running any of the following Windows systems.
OS
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (32bit) English version
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (32bit) English version
Chapter 1 Overview
• Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP2 English version
The following components are required.
Volume Shadow Copy Service
System Restore Core
OLE Dialog Interfaces
Local Printing Support
Task Scheduler (Required for USB driver installation)
Primitive: DbgHelp (Required for USB driver installation)
Communications Port (If the Computer has no serial or parallel port, one of them
must be installed manually.)
Primitive: Winhlp32 Required for help file browsing)
After installing the components listed above, perform a dependency check for the components
using the utility of the Windows XP Embedded (Target Designer). For more details, ask your
OS distributors.
OSs other than those listed above are not supported. Also, it cannot be used in the
Terminal Server environment.
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.NET Framework Version
For .NET environment, use in the following environment.
• .NET Framework 2.0 or later.
• For Windows Vista, .NET Framework 3.0 or later is installed.
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Interface
The following interfaces are supported with the APD.
Interface Descriptions
Parallel -
Serial -
USB USB 2.0 compliant
(Full-Speed 12 Mbps operation. High-Speed operation is not possible.)
Ethernet 10/100 Base-T
(To configure the settings of IP Address, see the UB-E02 Technical
Reference Guide.)
Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b
(To configure the settings of IP Address, see the UB-R02 Technical
Reference Guide.)
Interfaces only for the Customer Display or Drawer can be mounted on some TM printer
models.
For information on the interfaces available on your TM printers, ask your sales representative.
Application
The APD supports direct printing from the Windows applications. No programming is required
for printing directly from commercial applications, such as word processing or spread sheet.
When you want to receive TM printer statuses such as paper out errors at your application, use
the Status API. In this case, you need to develop the applications to incorporate the monitoring
function.
Supported Models
APD 4.xx supports the following models.
DM-D10X/20X DM-D110/210 DM-D500 TM-C100 TM-H5000II
TM-H5200 TM-H6000II TM-H6000III TM-J2100 TM-J7100
TM-J7600/7500 TM-L60II TM-L90 TM-L90 Peeler TM-P60
TM-P60 Peeler TM-T58 TM-T70 TM-T88III TM-T88IV
TM-T90 TM-U120 TM-U220 TM-U230 TM-U295
TM-U375 TM-U590 TM-U675 TM-U950 BA-T500
EU-T300 EU-T400 EU-T500
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Chapter 1 Overview
Connection Pattern
When connecting the Customer Displays or the Cash Drawers
to the TM printers.
The connection patterns shown below are available depending on the TM printer interface.
For the pass-through connection or Y-connection, be sure to install the drivers in the correct
order.
Pass-through connection
When using this connection method, first install the Customer Display driver.
Then, install the TM printer driver.
Modular
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Serial
Stand-alone connection
Ethernet connection
Wireless LAN connection
Serial
Serial
Parallel
USB
Ethernet
Hub
Ethernet
Hub
Ethernet
Serial
Modular
Modular
Access Point
IR-700
Modular
Internal serial connection
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Pass-through (Y) connection
Internal serial connection
When using this connection method, first install the TM printer driver.
Then, install the Customer Display driver.
Modular
USB
Serial
If you use a connection with interface conversion connector or interface expanded board,
the operation is not guaranteed.
• Select the appropriate connection patterns for each TM printer model (interface
specification) and configure the communication settings of each interface.
• Use DIP switch to configure communication settings of the TM printer and the Customer
Display. For more details, see the manuals bundled with the products.
Modular
Connecting cable
For the Serial connection, use a cable configured as follows.
OR
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Chapter 1 Overview
Restrictions
• The APD cannot coexist with OPOS on a computer at the same time.
• When using the printer driver for EPSON Terminal Printers (laser printer, ink-jet printer and
others) or EPSON printer window together with the APD, installation and uninstallation must
be performed in the following order:
[Installation]
1. EPSON Terminal Printer driver
2. APD
[Uninstallation]
1. APD
2. EPSON Terminal Printer driver
If you want to overwrite the EPSON Terminal Printer driver after the APD is installed, uninstall
the APD first and then overwrite the EPSON Terminal Printer driver.
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• For a USB connection, the printer driver can be installed by Plug and Play after installing the
APD; however, the printer driver cannot be added when the TM printer is offline (cover open,
paper out, and so on.) When the printer recovers from the offline status, it will be added.
• The maximum number of printers that can be connected simultaneously through a USB
connection is 8.
• When a Parallel interface TM printer is connected to Windows XP, a Plug and Play request
window pops up and "EPSON TM-P2.01" is added in Other devices of the Device manager. Do
not perform [Uninstall] or [Update Driver Software] for this device. When a Parallel interface
TM printer is connected to the computer prior to the driver installation, the computer detects
"EPSON TM-P2.01", but you should not uninstall or update, just click [Cancel]. (It is added to
Other device in the Device manager, and deleted when the driver is installed.)
When you connect a TM printer with parallel interface before installing the driver, "EPSON-
P2.01" is detected. In such case, just click "Cancel" and not select "Uninstall" or "Update Driver
Software". (It is added to "Other device" in the Device manager, however, automatically
deleted after the driver is installed.)
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Manuals/Sample Programs
Manuals and sample programs are provided in a package separate from the APD.
Installation
Follow the procedures below to install the manuals and sample programs.
Install manuals/sample programs after installing the APD.
Double click the [Manual/Sample Installer] icon to start the
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installation.
The Install Shield Wizard screen appears. Click the [Next] button.
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The “License Agreement” screen appears. Read the content and select
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“I accept the terms of the license agreement.” Then click the [Next]
button.
The “Select Features” screen appears. Select “Manual” or “Sample”;
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then click the [Next] button.”
The “Ready to install the Program” screen appears. Click the [Install]
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button. The installation of manuals or sample programs starts.
The “Install Shield Wizard Complete” screen appears. Click the [Finish]
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button. Installation ends.
Select from [Start]-[All Programs]-[EPSON]-[EPSON Advanced Printer
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Driver 4] and open [Manual]/[Sample Program]. The screen to select
manuals and sample programs appears.
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Chapter 1 Overview
Uninstallation
Follow the procedures below to uninstall manuals and sample programs.
Uninstall manuals/sample programs before uninstalling the APD.
Select from [Start]-[Control Panel] and open [Uninstall a program].
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The “Program and Features“ screen appears. Click the [EPSON APD4
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Sample&Manual] button.
The uninstallation confirmation screen appears. Click the [Yes] button.
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Manuals and sample programs are uninstalled.
Click the [Finish] button. Installation ends.
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Chapter 2 Installation and Setup
Installation and Setup
This chapter describes the procedures from the installation to execution of test print.
The uninstallation procedure (page 27) and various maintenance procedures after installation
(page 51) are also provided.
• Install with Administrator privileges.
• Do not connect the TM printer, until installation of the APD completes.
• Close all running applications before the installation.
Notes on upgrading from APD 2.xx, 3.xx
APD 2.xx or 3.xx needs to be uninstalled in order to install APD 4.xx. Keep in mind the following
points.
• When you install APD 4.xx to a computer on which APD 2.xx or 3.xx has been installed, the
previous version is automatically uninstalled before the installation of APD 4.xx.
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• Some printers do not support APD 4.xx. Make sure that your printer supports APD 4.xx. If
you are using such printer and install APD 4.xx, the printer becomes unusable on your system.
Installation methods
The following methods are available to install the APD.
• Standard Installation page 18
This is a standard method to install the APD.
Use this method also when you connect the Customer Display with the stand-alone
connection.
• Installation when connecting Customer Display to TM printer page 29
When you make pass-through or Y-connection (page 11) to use one port for your TM
printer and Customer Display, their drivers should be installed in the specified order.
• Plug and Play page 39
TM printer with USB interface can be added as a printer device on a computer on which the
APD is already installed (standard or custom install).
• Custom installation page 41
This allows you to select specific functions and port drivers to install the APD.
• Installation for sharing the printer page 46
This method installs a printer to be shared (Point & Print).
• Silent installation page 57
This allows you to copy the APD environment to other computers.
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Standard Install
This is a standard method to install the APD. Under normal conditions, use this method.
Installation Flow
1. Installation (page 18)
2. Connecting the TM Printer (page 24)
3. Print Test Page (page 26)
Installation
Follow the procedure below.
Double click the [APD] icon and start the installation.
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The Install ShieldWizard screen appears. Click the [Next] button.
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The “License Agreement” screen appears. Read the content and select
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"I accept the terms of the license agreement". Then click the [Next]
button.
2 > 3 >
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Chapter 2 Installation and Setup
The “Setup Type” screen appears. Select "Standard", then click the
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[Next] button.
The “Printer Configuration” screen appears. When installing the printer
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driver as well as the APD, click the [Add] button. When you want to install
the printer driver later, click the [Next] button and proceed to Step 11.
• For the USB interface, installing the printer driver at Step 5 is not necessary, the printer
driver will be installed by Plug and Play function of the computer after APD driver is
installed.
• Click the [Copy] button to install more than one of the same printer driver. Up to 100
drivers can be copied. However, you can connect and use a maximum of 8 printers.
4 > 5 >
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The “Add Printer” screen appears. Configure the printer driver and port
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to use, and click the [Next] button.
Setting Description
Select driver Select the printer driver to be installed.
Printer name The printer driver name. This is changeable.
Do not use Unicode/2-byte characters for the name.
Port Type Select the type of interface to connect the computer and printer.
Create a Parallel port: Proceed to Step 7.
Create a Serial port: Proceed to Step 8.
Create an Ethernet port: Proceed to Step 9.
Create a USB port: Proceed to Step 10.
Set as Default Printer Check when configuring the printer as that normally used from the
Windows applications.
The “Parallel Port Settings” screen appears. Configure the settings of the
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Parallel port and click the [Next] button. Proceed to Step 10.
Setting Description
Printer name The printer name you entered at Step 6 is displayed. This cannot be
changed.
LPT Port Specify the number of parallel port used for connecting the printer.
Usually, the port number is automatically displayed and no setting is
required.
6 > 7 >
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