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Introduction ESC/POS™ The market for store automation equipment is changing rapidly with the widespread introduction of POS (point of sale) terminals. These terminals are now appearing even in small retail stores and specialty shops. They occupy a secure position in the range of applications available for personal computers. As more personal computers come to be used as POS terminals, the demand for matching standardized peripheral devices is expected to rise. At present, however, many of the competing POS terminal printer displays on the market employ mutually incompatible command sets. This imposes limits on the expandability and range of applications possible with PC-based systems. There is a need for a new command set designed to provide the expandability and universal applicability demanded by the market. To meet this need, Seiko Epson Corporation proposes the adoption of a newly developed command set to standardize POS terminal peripheral devices: ESC/POS (Epson Standard Code for Point of Sale). The aim when developing ESC/POS was to create a set of control codes that could be used to operate any output device connected to a POS terminal. These new codes are intended to replace the mutually incompatible command sets previously in use. TM/DM series models already support ESC/POS, and they have been evaluated highly in the marketplace. Seiko Epson Corporation plans to produce new models in the TM/DM series offering ESC/POS support and to continue to work for the standardization of the entire POS environment to promote the dissemination of ESC/POS. About This Manual t Chapter 1 contains a table of supported commands, descriptions of all the commands arranged by function with program examples and print samples, and character code tables. t Chapter 2 contains an example showing several commands used in a program for issuing a coupon containing bar codes. t Chapter 3 contains a table of the commands listed by function type and a table showing which commands are supported by various EPSON printers. Rev. A i
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