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Ithaca Series 80/80 PLUS Thermal Printer

Windows Drivers

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Windows Driver for a Series 80/80 PLUS on a:
-Windows Server 2003/2008 32-bit or 64-bit system
-Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit system
-Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit system

Please use the Generic/Text Only driver, which is included in these Windows Operating Systems.  To do this, when you go through the Add Printer Wizard, just select Generic for the Manufacturer and Generic/Text Only for the Printer.

Windows Driver for a Series 80/80 PLUS on a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP System
Includes drivers and driver documentation.
Does not include any sample code.

504 KB

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Windows Driver for a Series 80/80 PLUS on a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me System
Includes drivers and driver documentation.
Does not include any sample code.

 405 KB
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Ithaca® Printer API manual
This document describes the applications programming interface for Ithaca® printers.

 

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OPOS Drivers

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Version 1.13.0.0
This version (1.13.0.0) is XP, Vista, and Windows 7 compatible.

 9.46 MB Download
What is OPOS?
OPOS or OLEPOS stands for Object Linking and Embedding for Point Of Sale. This is a standard way to interface to a POS printer or other POS devices.

The OPOS printer interface for the PcOS Series printers allows an application programmer access to printer functionality that is otherwise unavailable using normal Operating System API function calls. This allows applications to be built which can utilize the special features of the PcOS series printers.

What is in the download?
  1. The drivers: Printer and Cash drawer Service Objects and Control Objects.
  2. PcOS OPOS Reference Manual for the PcOS Series Printers (IthacaOPOS.doc).
  3. A Visual Basic demonstration application.
  4. A setup/configuration utility (installed in the Control Panel).
Which printers do these drivers support?
The BANKjet® 1500, BANKjet® 1580, BANKjet® 2500, Epic 430TM, Epic 880TM, Ithaca KITCHENjet® 1000, POSjet® 1000, POSjet® 1500, iThermTM280, Ithaca® 610, Ithaca® 8000, Ithaca® 8040, 50Plus, 80 Series, 90 Series, and 150 Series.

Support for both Serial and Parallel I/O Ports?
Yes with the POSjet® 1000, POSjet® 1500, 610, 80, 90, and 150 Series. 50Plus(serial only).

Note: It is highly recommended that you read the sections "Printer Configuration for OPOS" and "Important Guidelines" in the Reference Manual IthacaOPOS.doc. This information will help you utilize your printer most effectively.

Key Features of the OPOS Interface
The OPOS printer interface allows Synchronous and Asynchronous modes of operation. In the Synchronous mode of operation, print methods are called and do not return until the print operation is completed or an error occurs that prevents printing. This synchronous mode of operation allows error checking as a return value of the print method called.

Conversely, in the asynchronous mode of operation, the print method returns immediately without waiting for the print job to finish. This mode has the advantage of faster operation, the errors are handled by error event processing.

Transaction Mode
In Transaction Mode print requests are buffered up until transaction mode is exited. hen the buffered text is printed. This allows a transaction to be built and then sent all at once.

StatusUpdateEvent
This event notifies the application when a significant event occurs. These are things like printer cover open, and receipt paper gone.

ErrorEvent
This event notifies the application when an error event occurs.

OutputCompleteEvent
This event notifies the application when an output complete event occurs in asynchronous mode. See the Reference Manual(IthacaOPOS.doc in the down load).

Bitmap Functions/Methods
This bitmap print interface is easy to use, all the application needs to supply is the file name of the bitmap to be printed. There are functions to set/save the bitmap for later print via OPOS defined escape codes.

OPOS defined Escape codes
There are escape codes defined to feed paper, fire a stamp, print a pre-stored logo, print a bitmap, select fonts, bold, italic, underline, double size print, justification, and more. See "Data Characters and Escapes Sequences" in the Appendix of the Reference Manual (IthacaOPOS.doc in the down load).

Rotated Print
There are four modes of Rotated Print; Normal, 90L, 90R, and 180. These modes are entered via "RotatePrint" method. The 90L, 90R cause text sent to "PrintNormal" to be buffered up until the Rotated Print mode is change to Normal. The rotated print uses "LineHeight" and "LineChars" properties(as normal print does) to set rotated print height and character pitch.

Properties
Some of the pertinent properties are:
  • "RecLineChars" number of characters per print line.
  • "RecLineSpacing" number of map mode units (dots) between top of one line to top of next line.
  • "RecLetterQuality" turns on/off enhanced print quality.
  • "RecNearEnd" near end of receipt paper.
  • "RecEmpty" end of receipt paper.
See the appendix of the Reference Manual (IthacaOPOS.doc in the down load) for all the properties and their definitions.
  • "BeginInsertion" Opens form clamp mechanism for validation.
  • "EndInsertion" Closes form clamp mechanism for validation.
  • "BeginRemoval" Opens form clamp mechanism for slip removal.
  • "EndRemoval" Ends slip removal mode.
  • "CutPaper" Cuts receipt paper.
  • "PrintBarCode" Prints a bar code.
  • "PrintBitmap" Prints a bitmap using a file name.
  • "PrintImmediate" Prints with out waiting.
  • "PrintNormal" Normal method of printing text to the printer.
  • "RotatedPrint" Sets rotation mode.
  • "SetBitmap" This will store a bitmap for use later via OPOS Escape code.
  • "SetLogo" This will store a logo for use later via OPOS Escape code. Note: Escape codes are allowed, including bitmap codes.
  • "TransactionPrint" Turns on/off transaction print mode.
  • "ValidateData" Method used to determine whether a data sequence (including escape codes) is valid for print.

     
Previous Versions:

Version 1.12.0.9
This version (1.12.0.9) is XP, Vista, and Windows 7 compatible.

 7.74 MB

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Version 1.11.0.2
This version (1.11.0.2.) is XP, Vista, and Windows 7 compatible.

 7.71 MB
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Version 1.6.17
This version (1.06.17) is XP compatible

4.4 MB

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Version1.6.13 5.1 MB

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