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Software driver connundrum - EPSON ePosNOW

A friend has asked me to find the driver for a printer which may be an eoson, but is difficult to know. The plastic plate on the ront has been removed so you can see the print head. A metallic 3M 7872 has been stuck on the back saying
EPOSNOW-80LUS

There is nothing at EPSON with this name so I think he has been sold a dud

It's a ESC/POS printer, 24v/2.5A 300mm SEC.
It is black and has power switch front right, with a DSUB 9 pin femail, RJ45 and female B USB under the back panel

The printer appears well used from greasy marks, yet says it is 2020190730 but I suspect this might be a seller code sticker.

He has not given me the power supply which is round three pin. So I cannot plug it in to a PC and see if Windows autodetects. because I would bet it comes up with a TM or similar. If no-one here can suggest anything, I will have to go and get he poweer suppy, but this would be a pain as I am doing this free, and it will cost me fuel

Does anyone have any ideas so I can help him out.? He is only just making a living with a takeaway restaurant, I am a friend and am trying to prevent him from going under, free of charge. I think he must have bought the printer on eBay.

Thanks
Eddie
Sussex, UK
MCP

Re: Software driver connundrum - EPSON ePosNOW

Try Googling "Epson printer dsub rj45" and see if your model appears in the results.
Eg DM-D110/DM-D210
Or "80LUS driver"

Epson Website, POS Drivers etc

Quote:

ePOS-Print XML is the Epson original control command system for POS printers and customer displays
defined in XML. With ePOS-Print XML commands, you can print in environments where http communication
is available and from OS applications. For detailed information about ePOS-Print XML, see the ePOS-Print
XML User's Manual.

Quote:

EPSON Advanced Printer Driver Windows printer driver that can display on the customer display.
TM Virtual Port Driver Use when controlling ESC/POS commands using a serial (USB controlled) connection. This driver recognizes the customer display connected to the TM printer as a virtual serial port.
DM-D Virtual COM Port Driver Use this for the USB connection. This driver recognizes the customer display connected to the USB as a virtual serial port. This driver is already installed in the TM intelligent printer's TM-DT
series.

Quote:

You can obtain software and manuals from one of the following URLs.
For customers in North America, go to the following web site and follow the on-screen instructions.
http://www.epson.com/support/
For customers in other countries, go to the following web site:
http://download.epson-biz.com/?service=pos