EPSON Advanced Printer Driver Ver.4 Copyright (c) 2010 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1. About this software This package includes the following two software programs to use with an EPSON TM/BA/EU series printer and DM-D customer display. 1) Windows Printer Driver This driver is a Windows Printer Driver for the TM/BA/EU printer and DM-D customer display. This driver makes it possible to print from a Windows application. 2) StatusAPI StatusAPI is a program that works in conjunction with the TM/BA/EU printer driver. It offers an Application Program Interface for obtaining the printer status whether or not the printer is printing. This API makes integrating printer status handling functions with applications more simple. For detailed information, please see each reference manual. The driver operation has been verified with the following operating systems. Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32bit SP3 English Microsoft Windows XP Embedded 32bit SP2 Microsoft Windows Embedded Standerd 2009 32bit Microsoft Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 32bit Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard 64bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard/Datacenter 32bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 64bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit English Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit English Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64bit English This driver is not supported by Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Windows XP 64bit. EPSON IM series PC or IBM compatible PC Supported Printers EPSON TM-T88IV EPSON TM-T88III EPSON TM-U220A/B/D EPSON TM-H6000III EPSON TM-H6000II EPSON TM-J7600/7500 EPSON TM-T70 EPSON TM-T90 EPSON TM-L90 EPSON TM-L90Peeler EPSON TM-U295 EPSON TM-H5000II EPSON TM-H5200 EPSON TM-L60II EPSON TM-U230 EPSON TM-U375 EPSON TM-U675 EPSON TM-U590 EPSON TM-U950 EPSON TM-J7100/7000 EPSON TM-P60 EPSON TM-P60 Peeler EPSON TM-U120 EPSON TM-C100 EPSON TM-T58 EPSON TM-T70 EPSON DM-D110/120/210 EPSON DM-D500 EPSON BA-T500 EPSON EU-T300 EPSON EU-T400 EPSON EU-T500 EPSON TM-T88IV ReStick The printer driver operates regardless of the printer firmware version. 2. Supplied Files APD_409aE.zip : Printer Driver,StatusAPI installer APDMANE_J.exe : Printer Driver,StatusAPI manuals and sample programs APD_409aEWM.zip : Printer Driver,StatusAPI installer with manuals Refer to the installation manual APD4_Install_E_RevI.pdf. 3. Remarks - For detailed information, please read each manual that is created by the installation APDMANE_J.exe. -When an error message is displayed during installation, the following procedure may enable to recover from the error. 1) Specify the uninstall option, and execute the installer "APD_409aE.exe /uninstall". 2) Remove the error factor. 3) Execute the installer "APD_409aE.exe". -Characters may not be printed correctly when using Easy Print of Windows Server 2008. For detailed information of this problem arising from the operating system, see the following web page provided by Microsoft Corporation. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946411/ -In the Easy Print environment of Windows Server 2008, you cannot print the printer device font directly. However, you can print the device font converted from the True Type font by using "Font Substitution" of APD. For more information, see "Character Printing (Device Font)" in Printer Manual. -To set properties of the printer driver redirected on the server using Terminal Service or Remote Desktop on the printer driver on a client, go to [Advanced] Tab, and press the [Printing Defaults] button. -HELP is unavailable when using a printer driver redirected through the server using Terminal Service or Remote Desktop. -When using Terminal Service and Remote Desktop, interactive communication becomes unavailable between the PC and the printer, prohibiting displaying the printer status and obtaining printer information using the Status API. -The port redirection function is unavailable for a client when using Terminal Service or Remote Desktop. -At times, the status of the shared printer may not be displayed correctly or the Status API may not be opened. These problems arise from the security policy settings of the operating system. Although changing the settings of the operating system is possible by the following steps, it lowers the security policy. (1) Go to [Start] - [Administrative tool] - [Local Security Policy]. (2) [Security Option] - [Network Access (Set "Limit anonymous sccesses to the named pipe and shared printer" to "Invalid".)] However, you do not have to change the settings when a client PC is connected to the domain environment and when the same user name as a user name that is logged on a client is existing." 4.Modification from the old version Ver4.09a -The compress/extract module was replaced to a one without encryption function. -The following problem has been solved: -If you enable sharing printer, it takes about 20 minutes when you start the pc. Or it takes about 10 minutes until you can use printer. Ver4.09 -Queuing time until printing start after the instruction is reduced. -Alias is specifiable for Printer font. -New parallel port driver is used on 32-bit OS. -Wireless-Offline count setting is added to the Ethernet setting dialog. -The following problem has been solved: -Even though executing Silent install, User defined size that is set using the Layout tab in the Printing settings cannot be copied. Ver4.08 -Supports the following OS Microsoft Windows 7 32bit English Microsoft Windows 7 64bit English Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit English -Added support model EPSON TM-T88IV ReStick -Added the function to specify the horizontal print position for logo printing of the printer driver. -Added support model EPSON TM-H5000II ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-H5200 ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-H6000II ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-J7000/7100 ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-J7500/7600 ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-T88III ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-L90Peeler ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-P60 ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-P60Peeler ReceiptE4 EPSON TM-U675 ReceiptE4 EPSON BA-T500 ReceiptE4 EPSON EU-T300 ReceiptE4 EPSON EU-T400 ReceiptE4 EPSON EU-T500 ReceiptE4 -Set the Sandbox function to "Isolated" (OS: Windows7/Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or later). -When installing using an installer, set the Sandbox function to "Isolated". -When installing with Point & Print, set the Sandbox function to "Isolated". -When installing with Plug & Play, set the Sandbox function to "Isolated". For the "Isolated" setting: This setting allows you to operate a printer driver on a process separating from Spooler process. By setting each printer driver to "Isolated", all the printer drivers will not stop even if one of them stops because of some error occurrence. -In Paper layout setting tool of TM-L90, support 5-inch or more label length. The maximum length: "279.4mm (11inch)". -Eliminated "Wireless Offline Count"from the Ethernet port setting dialog. -The following problems have been solved: -TM-C100 silent package is not created. -When repeatedly rebooting a PC with two or more printers connected and their power ON, the port settings are automatically changed on the PC side. -When an application using the StatusAPI is crushed in command transmission, the printer may not normally operate until the power is OFF and then ON. -No command is transmitted even if setting to "Send command" with TM-L60II Label. -After installing APD on WindowsXP SP2, a system error occurs when rebooting the OS. -After printing using EPSON Flash logo tool, ASB of the Status API will not be noticed. -There is no response when clicking a printer icon after stopping the Print Spooler while printing and then re-executing it. -Printer offline caused by the buffer full in printing is noticed to the status (status of PrinterInfo structure of the OS) displayed on the printer. Ver4.07 -Supports the following OS Microsoft Windows Embedded Standerd 2009 32bit Microsoft Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 32bit Microsoft Windows Vista 32bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 64bit SP2 English Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64bit SP2 English -Added support model TM-U120II -The following problem has been resolved: -When the Protected Mode of the IE7 security settings is enabled (the lowest right), the StatusAPI displays an error dialogue. -Right after the print completion status is obtained, an error that executes BiDirectIO/BiDirectIOEx is returned -Even if an IP address is specified with the zp option during the silent installation, the setting is not reflected. -When two or more printers are silently installed, they are not installed with the correct port setting. -When BiSCNSetCutSize is specified and scanning is executed, the obtained image is deleted -Even when BiESCNClearImage is executed, stored image files are not deleted. -Layout setting with the paper layout set tool for the TM-L90 with the Ethernet connection causes an error and fails. -When using the TM-U375, TM-U295, TM-U950, or TM-L60II with the parallel connection, an incorrect status is repeatedly displayed. Ver4.06a -The following device font properties of each printer have been changed. FontAxx FontBxx Barcodex 2D-Codex Control ConrolA etc -An improvement to eliminate the need for rebooting the PC on the upgrade installation has been made. -The following problem has been resolved: -While making printer settings for the TM-J7000/7100 and TM-J7500/7600, gDenseh set for gCharacters per line" does not become effective. Ver4.06 -Added support model TM-T58 -Added the function to specify the horizontal print position for logo printing of the printer driver. -Changed to continue uninstallation when an error occurs during uninstallation. -Changed to copy the bitmap file, which is specified for watermark/logo printing of the printer driver, to the destination PC when the silent installation is executed. -Corrected the following defects. -The Status of the PRINTER_INFO structure is not updated for the EU-T300/EU-T400 printer. -FontAxx[255] and FontBxx[255], that are not available with the TM-U295, are supported. -Installation fails when the file path where the print log file cannot be output is specified. -After the upgrade installation from the APD Ver3, "EpsStmApi.dll" remains even when the APD Ver.4 is uninstalled. -Correct a misdescription in the silent installation creation screen. -The tab in the print data does not become active even when it is specified. Ver4.05 -GS1 bar code printing function has been added to the TM-P60 Peeler printer driver. The print results stay the same as those for RSS bar codes. -Problems with the USB device driver have been fixed. -The following problems have been fixed: -If the silent installation function is used to install the TM-L90 printer driver, the Paper Size set by the paper layout setting tool is not installed. -If the silent installation function is used to install the TM-L90 printer driver, the User Defined Paper Size is not installed. -If the silent installation function is used to install the TM-L90 printer driver, the Start button for the paper layout setting tool is not displayed. -When printing using a Slip driver, if the Slip driver is uninstalled while the printer is waiting for the slip to be removed, an error occurs. Ver4.04 -A function that specifies the brightness of the print results during graphic printing has been added. -The TM-H6000III slip printer has been equipped with a printer driver that performs revolving printing of the printerfs built-in fonts. -The TM-C100 printer driver has been equipped with a new function that retries printing of the page when printing has failed. -The following problems have been fixed: -When execution of printing and the calling of StatusAPI from the application coincide, the CPU utilization may remain high. -With a printer using the UB-E02 board, Cover Open status is not issued in some cases even if the printer cover is opened at the beginning of printing. Ver4.03 -The TM-C100 printer driver has been equipped with the following additional features: Specifying the print starting position Specifying the number of pages to cut Linking the paper type and properties Support for Windows2003Server -The TM-C100 printer has been modified so that no improper properties can be set. -The time required from when the printing starts on the application until when the printer actually starts printing has been reduced. -The installer has been modified to allow port settings with silent installation. -The memory usage used to keep increasing when printing was repeated with WindowsXP SP2, but this problem has been eliminated. -The TM-P60 printer can now be connected to the serial interface. Ver4.02 -Added support model TM-C100, BA-T500, EU-T300, EU-T400, EU-T500 -In Windows Vista, the problem that users other than the user who performed the installation cannot print is corrected. Ver4.01 -Added support OS Windows Vista SP1(32bit) is corresponded. -Added support model TM-H5000II, TM-H5200, TM-H6000II, TM-J7000, TM-J7100, TM-J7500, TM-J7600, TM-L60II, TM-L90, TM-L90Peeler, TM-P60, TM-P60Peeler, TM-T70, TM-T88III, TM-T90, TM-U120, TM-U230, TM-U295, TM-U375, TM-U590, TM-U675, TM-U950, DM-D110, DM-D120, DM-D210, DM-D500 -Devmode API is added. -Sample program is added. -TM Flash Logo Setup utility is added. -The paper layout set tool (utility only for the TM-L90) is added. -The convenience of the bar-code and 2D-Code is improved. -The convenience of the installer is improved. -The printer did extra paper feed when the last data of the page is device font at Paper Conservation is "None" setting.( For all receipt printer/label printer). We corresponded this phenomenon. Ver4.00 -New release.