Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation
- 2.1 Install Java
- 2.2 Install Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
- 2.3 Configure your environment
- 2.4 Start the Installer
- 2.5 Select the Language
- 2.6 Pre-Installation checks
- 2.7 Introduction
- 2.8 License Agreement
- 2.9 Select a Java Virtual Machine
- 2.10 Selecting the Type of Installation
- 2.11 Selecting Components to Install
- 2.12 Selecting Shortcut Folders
- 2.13 Selecting the User Classpath
- 2.14 Selecting the Communication method
- 2.15 Location for jpos.xml
- 2.16 Upgrading
- 2.17 Pre-Installation Summary
- 2.18 Completion
- Chapter 3 Uninstalling
- Chapter 4 Silent Installation/Uninstallation
- Chapter 5 Forced Uninstall
- Chapter 6 Windows Information
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EPSON JavaPOS ADK
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Notes
(1) Reproduction of any part of this documentation by any means is prohibited.
(2) The contents of this documentation are subject to change without notice.
(3) Comments and notification of any mistakes in this documentation are gratefully
accepted.
(4) This software cannot be used with other equipment that the specified.
(5) EPSON will not be responsible for any consequences resulting from the use of any
information in this documentation.
Trademarks
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registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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SUSE is a registered trademark of SuSE Linux AG, a Novell business.
JBuilder is a trademark of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other
countries.
EPSON and ESC/POS are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation.
Java and all Java-based trademarks are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation,it’s
subsidiaries, and/or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries.
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Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Seiko Epson Corporation
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Installation ........................................................................................................3
2.1 Install Java .................................................................................................................3
2.2 Install Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)..........................................................................3
2.3 Configure your environment.......................................................................................4
2.4 Start the Installer........................................................................................................4
2.5 Select the Language ..................................................................................................5
2.6 Pre-Installation checks...............................................................................................5
2.7 Introduction ................................................................................................................6
2.8 License Agreement ....................................................................................................7
2.9 Select a Java Virtual Machine....................................................................................8
2.10 Selecting the Type of Installation .............................................................................9
2.11 Selecting Components to Install.............................................................................10
2.12 Selecting Shortcut Folders .....................................................................................11
2.13 Selecting the User Classpath.................................................................................12
2.14 Selecting the Communication method....................................................................13
2.15 Location for jpos.xml ..............................................................................................14
2.16 Upgrading...............................................................................................................15
2.17 Pre-Installation Summary.......................................................................................17
2.18 Completion.............................................................................................................19
Chapter 3 Uninstalling.....................................................................................................20
3.1 Changing Installed Items and Starting Uninstall.......................................................20
3.2 Confirm uninstallation...............................................................................................20
3.3 Delete Electronic Journal data files..........................................................................21
Chapter 4 Silent Installation/Uninstallation...................................................................22
4.1 Silent Installation Process........................................................................................22
4.2 Preparing Device Registration Information...............................................................22
4.3 Creating an Installation Script ..................................................................................23
4.4 Running Installation..................................................................................................25
4.5 Running Uninstallation .............................................................................................25
Chapter 5 Forced Uninstall .............................................................................................26
5.1 Using the Forced Uninstall option ............................................................................26
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Chapter 1 Introduction
The following hardware and software configuration is required when installing EPSON
JavaPOS ADK. Please refer to the “EPSON JavaPOS ADK Installation Guide for Linux.txt”
for downloads and detailed installation instructions.
Computer
IBM PC/AT compatible
• Please follow the specifications recommended by your OS for system
requirements (CPU, RAM, etc.).
• A minimum of 10 MB of available hard disk space is required.
Supported Operating systems
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Windows Vista (Business/Enterprise/Ultimate) Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Windows 7 (Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate) Service Pack 1
Windows Embedded Standard
Windows Embedded Standard 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise 11.3
SuSE Linux Enterprise 12.0
CentOS Linux6.6
CentOS Linux7.0
Ubuntu 14.04
Java Virtual Machine
Java Standard Edition 7 Update 75
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Java Standard Edition 8 Update 40
See “2.1 Install Java”
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Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 Install Java
Java must be installed on your system before you can run the installer. This can
be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/java/.
Users: Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Developers: Install the Java Development Environment (JDK).
Note that Java version 1.7.0_75 or higher is required.
2.2 Install Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) must be installed in order to use the JavaPOS ADK.
This is necessary for printing BMP files on the POSPrinter, and for the
CheckScanner. This is not included with the JavaPOS ADK installer.
Please refer to the following website for downloads and detailed installation
instructions:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/current-142188.html
Users: Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version.
Developers: Install the Java Development Environment (JDK) version.
To install JAI with 64-bit Java on Windows operating systems, download and run
the jai-1_1_3-lib-windows-i586.exe installer. After installation, copy jai_codec.jar
and jai_core.jar into the 64-bit Java’s ext folder.
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2.3 Configure your environment
Configuring the environment on Windows is only necessary for application
developers.
Windows: For more information, refer to: Chapter 6 Windows Information
2.4 Start the Installer
The installer for Windows is “Epson_JavaPOS_ADK_1141.exe”.
Windows: To run the installer, double-click on it.
Note: The installer should be run with Administrator (Windows) privileges. Failure
to do so may result in unexpected behavior and the installation may not be
successful.
Note:
The following message will appear when an inst alled version of Epson software is
incompatible with this version. Choose whether to continue the installation
according to the message. (Windows only)
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2.5 Select the Language
Select a language to use for the installation and click ‘OK’.
2.6 Pre-Installation checks
The following is checked before proceeding with the install:
• Multiple instances of the Installer should not be run as it may result in an
unexpected behavior. If multiple instances are found, then the installer will
display an error message and exit.
• If the system already has the newer or the same version of the software
installed, then the installer will display an error message and exit.
• If the system has an older version of JavaPOS ADK installed, then the
installer will use the default values from the last install. It will uninstall the
previous version and install the new version with the old values. If this
upgrade is being performed, after the License Agreement screen, the
Upgrading screen will be shown. See section 2.16 for details on this.
• If the installer is not run with Administrator (Windows) privileges, then it
will display an error message and exit.
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2.7 Introduction
At this screen, there are a couple of choices.
• Click the ‘View Release Notes’ button to view the release notes.
• Click the ‘View Installation Manual’ button to view the Installation manual.
This manual is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). If your system
does not have a reader to view that file, download one by clicking on ‘Get
Adobe Acrobat Reader’ button.
• Click the ‘Generate silent install’ button to generate a properties file to be
used by silent installer. See Chapter 4 Silent Installation/Uninstallation for
more details. To create the silent installer, the installer should not be run
from a read-only medium like a CD-ROM as it creates the silent installer
properties file in the same location.
Click Next to continue installing the software.
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2.8 License Agreement
The user must agree to the License Agreement to continue with the installation.
After reading the entire agreement, select “I accept the terms of the License
Agreement” and then click Next.
If “I accept the terms of the License Agreement” is not selected, Next is not
enabled.
At any time, the user clicks on “I do not accept the terms of the License
Agreement”, the following screen appears.
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2.9 Select a Java Virtual Machine
A Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is required to run JavaPOS ADK 1.14.1.
The supported JVM is Sun JVM version 1.7.0_75 and higher. This list is
automatically populated with the JVM found on the system. Select a JVM to use.
If no JVM is selected, the following message will appear and the installation will
stay at the JVM screen.
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User can select a JVM not found by the installer by clicking the ‘Browse’ button. If
an unsupported JVM is selected, the following message will be displayed.
2.10 Selecting the Type of Installation
Select the type of installation to run and click Next.
• Selecting Developer installs the Services, Setup utility, Check Health utility,
Documentation and Samples.
• Selecting User installs the Services, Setup utility and Check Health utility.
• Selecting Custom allows you to select installation options.
When Custom is selected, the user can customize the components installed. The
user can also select the installation folder locations.
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2.11 Selecting Components to Install
Select the components to install and click Next.
At least one component must be selected to proceed with the installation.
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2.12 Selecting Shortcut Folders
When the custom set is selected, the user is given the choice to select installation
folder locations for the different modules. A default location is given in each
scenario. The ‘Restore Default’ button resets to the default location.
The default location for JavaPOS Services is ‘%JAVA_HOME%\lib\ext’.
The default location for other modules (SetupPOS, CheckHealth, Documentation,
Samples) is ‘Program Files\Epson\JavaPOS’ in WindowsThe default location for
shortcut folder is the ‘All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Epson JavaPOS ADK’ in
Windows
The shortcut folders in Windows do not include the Uninstall link. It can be
uninstalled from “Add or Remove Programs” in Control Panel.
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2.13 Selecting the User Classpath
Select the Classpath for the service files and then click Next.
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2.14 Selecting the Communication method
Select the communication method used by POSPrinter (Serial, USB, Ethernet or
Bluetooth) and then click Next. One of the communication methods must be
selected to continue.
If USB is selected, TMUSB is installed.(Windows only)
You can select multiple connection methods.
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2.15 Location for jpos.xml
The location for jpos.xml screen is used to import an existing jpos.xml file, a file
that contains the configuration information for devices. If you want to use an
existing file, check the Checkbox to enable the file chooser and then select the
jpos.xml file to use.
To import device configuration settings
1. Select to use "Location for jpos.xml file” during installation.
2. After installation, copy and overwrite the communication properties file in the
appropriate location.
For Windows XP, the file is located at
%APPDATA%\EPSON\portcommunicationservice\pcs.properties
For Windows Vista or later, the file located at
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\EPSON\portcommunicationservice\pcs.properties
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2.16 Upgrading
If the installer detects an older version of this application, it will copy the settings
from the previous install. It will not display the screens from section 2.9 to 2.15 .
After the user clicks Next, the Pre-Installation Summary screen will be displayed
with settings from the previous install.
If the user clicks Install on that screen, the installer will uninstall the previous
install. It will then install the latest version with the settings from previous version.
The user can choose to click cancel, un-install the application and then install this
version. The user can then customize the settings.
Note:
When installing this version on a system where EPSON JavaPOS ADK 1.13.20 or
older is installed and the following devices are registered, be sure to re-register
the devices after installation is complete.
POSPrinter
For Windows:
TM-H6000II, TM-H6000III, TM-T88III, TM-T88IV, TM-T70, TM-T90, TM-L90,
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TM-U220A, TM-U220B, TM-U220D
LineDisplay
All Devices
CashDrawer
All Devices
MICR
All Devices
Checkscanner
All Devices
ElectronicJournal
All Devices
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2.17 Pre-Installation Summary
A summary screen to show the options selected before installing files.
If the settings are correct, click Install.
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Installation starts, and progress is shown on the status bar.
When the installation is complete, the completion screen appears.
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2.18 Completion
This completes the installation. Click Done to exit the installer.
If library files are renewed because of the installation, rebooting of system may be
requested. This screen would then have options to select the rebooting options.
Select “Yes, restart my system” and then click Done.
To restart the system later, select “No, I will restart my system myself” and click
Done. After restarting the system, you can use EPSON JavaPOS ADK 1.14.1.
If there were any errors during the installation, a message will indicate the
location of the error log (Epson_Installer_log.txt). It is created in the same folder
from which the installer was launched. If the installer was run from a read-only
medium like a CD-ROM, the log file will not be created.
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Chapter 3 Uninstalling
3.1 Changing Installed Items and Starting Uninstall
Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon in Control Panel, and click
Change or Remove for EPSON JavaPOS ADK 1.14.1.
3.2 Confirm uninstallation
Click Uninstall button to start uninstalling.
Once the uninstallation procedure is done, the summary screen appears.
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This screen would then have options to select the rebooting options.
Select ‘Yes, restart my system’ and then click Done.
To restart the system later, select ‘No, I will restart my system myself’ and click
Done.
3.3 Delete Electronic Journal data files
The uninstaller does not remove data files created for the Electronic Journal. If
these files have been created, they must be deleted manually.
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Chapter 4 Silent Installation/Uninstallation
4.1 Silent Installation Process
Silent installation involves the following steps.
1. Preparing Device Registration Information
2. Creating an Installation Script
3. Running Installation
4.2 Preparing Device Registration Information
Device registration information is required to perform a silent installation. Use the
following procedure to collect the information.
1. Using SetupPOS, register the devices that will be used.
2. Use the information collection tool (CollectCopyInstallModules) to collect the
device registration information. The tool is located in the installation
destination folder.
Example：
For Windows:
<System Drive>:\ProgramFiles\EPSON\JavaPOS\
CollectCopyInstallModules.bat
When you run the tool, a folder named EpsonCopyInstallModules is created
in the same directory as the tool. The following files used in silent installation
are stored in the folder.
For Windows:
jpos.xml
pcs.properties
jpos1141.jar
SetModules.bat
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4.3 Creating an Installation Script
Run the installer.
On the Introduction screen, select ‘Generate Silent Install’ button.
Continue through the installation and customize the settings for the silent install.
Once the user clicks on the “Install” button on the Pre-installation summary
screen, the installer checks to see if a silent.properties files has already been
created.
If a silent.properties files already exists in the target location, the following
confirmation dialog is displayed.
Press “Yes” to overwrite the existing silent.properties files, or press “No” to keep
the existing silent.properties file. A new silent.properties file cannot be
generated unless the previous file is moved, deleted, or overwritten.
Note: On Chinese language Operating Systems, only the default installation
folders are supported for silent installation.
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After the Pre-installation summary screen, the Silent Installer Summary screen is
displayed. This has the location for where the silent.properties file has been
created.
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4.4 Running Installation
1. Place the files stored in the EpsonCopyInstallModules folder described in "4.2
Preparing Device Registration Information" in the same location as the installer
executable.
2. Using the command prompt, append “-f silent.properties” to the installer file
and run it.
Example:
Epson_JavaPOS_ADK_1141.exe –f silent.properties (for Windows)
3. Execute the file by typing:
SetModules.bat (for Windows)
Note:
• If library files are renewed because of the silent installation, the
system may be rebooted.
4.5 Running Uninstallation
Uninstallation runs silently if the installation was silent.
Example:
U n i n s t a l l f r om “ A d d o r R e m o ve P r o g r a m s ” (for Windows)
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Chapter 5 Forced Uninstall
5.1 Using the Forced Uninstall option
In some cases it may not be possible to reinstall the JavaPOS ADK. The Forced
Uninstall option can be used to resolve this issue. To use this option, run the
installer with the parameter “-DUNINSTALL=TRUE".
Example:
Epson_JavaPOS_ADK_1141.exe -DUNINSTALL=TRUE (for Windows)
When this is complete, run the installer again without this parameter to reinstall
JavaPOS.
Force Uninstall option is not available on 64bit operating systems.
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Chapter 6 Windows Information
6.1 Configuring environment variables
Some environment variables need to be set on Window for application
development. Note that the exact procedure for setting these variables depends
on the version of windows that is being used.
1. Select the “Control Panel” from the “Start” menu.
In the case of Windows 8 or 8.1, click Settings on the Charms Bar after the
desktop is displayed.
2. Select “Performance and Maintenance”
3. Select “System”.
4. Select the “Advanced” tab.
5. Press the “Environment Variables” button.
6. Search for “Path” in “System variables”.
7. Select “Path” and press the “Edit” button. The “Edit System Variable” dialog
is displayed.
8. Add the following path to the “Variable value:” field:
<Your JRE install folder>/bin
(e.g. “C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin”)
9. Press the “OK” button to close the “Edit System Variable” dialog.
10. Press the “OK” button to close the “Environment Variables” dialog.
11. Press the “OK” button to close the “System Properties” dialog.
If you open a new Command Prompt window, these settings will be applied.
After the environment variables are set, the java version can be confirmed by
typing the following in a Command Prompt window:
java -version