EPSON Advanced Printer Driver Ver.4
Copyright (c) 2009 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 2003 Server R2 Enterprise 32bit SP2 English
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Standard 32bit SP2 English
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 English
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard 64bit SP2 English
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 64bit SP2 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
The printer driver operates regardless of the printer firmware version.
2. Supplied Files
APD_407E.zip : Printer Driver,StatusAPI installer
APDMANE_H.exe : Printer Driver,StatusAPI manuals and sample programs
APD_407EWM.zip : Printer Driver,StatusAPI installer with manuals
Refer to the installation manual APD4_Install_E_RevG.pdf.
3. Remarks
- For detailed information, please read each manual that is created by the
installation APDMANE_H.exe.
-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.
-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_407E.exe /uninstall."
2) Remove the error factor.
3) Execute the installer "APD_407E.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
Ver4.07
-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.
Ver4.00
-New release.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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