EPSON Printer Driver for TM-S9000

                                     Copyright (c) 2014 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

1. About this software
This package includes the following software programs to use with an EPSON TM-S9000 printer.

1) Windows Printer Driver
This driver is a Windows Printer Driver for the TM-S9000 printer. This driver makes
it possible to print from a Windows application.

For detailed information, please see each reference manual.

The driver operation has been verified with the following operating systems. 
    Windows 8.1 Pro English 32/64bit
    Windows 8 Pro English 32/64bit
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 English 32/64bit
    Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 English 32/64bit
    Windows XP Professional SP3 English 32bit
    Windows Server 2012 English 64bit
    Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 English 64bit
    Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 English 32bit
    Windows XP Embedded 32bit SP2
    Windows Embedded Standerd 2009 32bit
    Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 32bit
    Windows Embedded POSReady 7

This driver is not supported by Windows 2000 and Windows XP 64bit.

Supported Printers
  EPSON TM-S9000

The printer driver operates regardless of the pritner firmware version.

2. Supplied Files
   PDS_102_S9000WM.zip : Printer Driver installer with manuals

Refer to the installation manual PDS_S9000_Ins_E_RevB.pdf.

3. Remarks
- For detailed information, please read each manual that is created by the 
  installation.

-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 "PDS_102_S9000.exe /uninstall".
  2) Remove the error factor.
  3) Execute the installer "PDS_102_S9000.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.

-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.
 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
  Ver1.02
     -The following problem has been solved:
        The application use MFC on Visual Studio6.0 crash
        The printer can not execute a print because of a port of deletion
        The printer can not execute a print, because the printer status is not change from "Initialize"
        If both Printer Driver Ver.1.01 and any version of API Driver are installed into the same PC, the application can not use API Driver
        Two printer queues are created and the first one cannot be used
        Modified to select the print station to cut sheet paper after printed the roll receipt (1.01 or before: selected roll receipt paper)
        Modified to send some commands for initialization to device before printing
  Ver1.01
     -The following problem has been solved:
        There is a possibility of No print by image mode on 64bit OS.
        "/s /uninstall" for silent uninstallation does NOT work.
        There is a possibility of to occur the garbage print by occurring lucking data in printing.
        No print if contained "%" on document name.

  Ver1.00
     -New release. 
