PosPrinter

POS printer sample

Shows how to use the Windows.Devices.PointOfService.PosPrinter API.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. If you are unfamiliar with Git and GitHub, you can download the entire collection as a ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

Specifically, this sample shows how to:

1. Receipt printer basic operation

   This scenario demonstrates how to find, claim, and enable a receipt printer and then allows the user to print a line or a sample receipt.

2. Receipt printer error handling

   This scenario demonstrates how to check for error conditions during basic printer operation, and reports any errors to the user.

3. Multiple instances of receipt printers

   This scenario demonstrates the claim/release model used by the POS Printer API by allowing the user to manager two printer instances with UI controls for claiming, retaining, and releasing the printer objects.

Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2017 to build and Windows 10 to execute.

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Related topics

Samples

POS Printer sample

Reference

Windows.Devices.PointOfService
Windows app samples

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.

Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or selectDebug > Start Without Debugging.