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Receipt printer?

I am developing a software which require to print receipts.

What is the most common type of receipt printer?

Are there any industry standards for receipt printer API?

Are there any .net library for that? Tried to find but didn't find anything.

Solution

  • UnifiedPOS is the most common API today for communicating with Point-Of-Sale peripherals including receipt printers: http://www.nrf-arts.org/UnifiedPOS/default.htm.

    Microsoft have an implementation for .NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms828083.aspx.

    UnifiedPOS evolved from OPOS (OLE for Retail POS), so google for OPOS for more info. You will find more peripheral manufacturers support OPOS than other flavors of UnifiedPOS. Microsoft's POS for .NET will work with OPOS V1.8 Service objects.