Windows.Devices.PointOfService Windows.Devices.PointOfService Windows.Devices.PointOfService Windows.Devices.PointOfService Namespace

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Enables application developers to access Point of Service (POS) peripheral devices. The namespace provides a vendor-neutral interface for accessing POS devices from various manufacturers from the Windows Store app.

BarcodeScanner enables application developers to access barcode scanners to retrieve decoded data from a variety of barcode symbologies such as UPC and QR Codes depending on support from the hardware.

CashDrawer enables application developers to interact with cash drawers.

LineDisplay enables application developers to control customer facing 2x20 line displays.

MagneticStripeReader enables application developers to access magnetic stripe readers to retrieve data from magnetic stripe enabled cards such as credit/debit cards, loyalty cards, access cards, etc.

POSPrinter enables application developers to print to network and Bluetooth connected receipt printers using the Epson ESC/POS printer control language.

Common Members	Description
UnifiedPosErrorData class	Provides error information.
UnifiedPosErrorReason enumeration	Defines the constants that indicates the reason for the error event.
UnifiedPosErrorSeverity enumeration	Defines the constants that indicates the error severity.
UnifiedPosHealthCheckLevel enumeration	Defines the constants that indicates the type of health check that can be performed on the devices.
UnifiedPosPowerReportingType enumeration	Defines the constants that indicates power reporting capabilities of the Point of Service (POS) device.

Classes

BarcodeScanner BarcodeScanner BarcodeScanner BarcodeScanner	Represents the barcode scanner device.
BarcodeScannerCapabilities BarcodeScannerCapabilities BarcodeScannerCapabilities BarcodeScannerCapabilities	Represents the barcode scanner capabilities.
BarcodeScannerDataReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerDataReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerDataReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerDataReceivedEventArgs	Provides the barcode data from the DataReceived event.
BarcodeScannerErrorOccurredEventArgs BarcodeScannerErrorOccurredEventArgs BarcodeScannerErrorOccurredEventArgs BarcodeScannerErrorOccurredEventArgs	Provides data for the ErrorOccurred event.
BarcodeScannerImagePreviewReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerImagePreviewReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerImagePreviewReceivedEventArgs BarcodeScannerImagePreviewReceivedEventArgs	Provides the data from the ImagePreviewReceived event.
BarcodeScannerReport BarcodeScannerReport BarcodeScannerReport BarcodeScannerReport	Contains the barcode scanner data.
BarcodeScannerStatusUpdatedEventArgs BarcodeScannerStatusUpdatedEventArgs BarcodeScannerStatusUpdatedEventArgs BarcodeScannerStatusUpdatedEventArgs	Provides information about an operation status change.
BarcodeSymbologies BarcodeSymbologies BarcodeSymbologies BarcodeSymbologies	Contains the barcode symbology.
BarcodeSymbologyAttributes BarcodeSymbologyAttributes BarcodeSymbologyAttributes BarcodeSymbologyAttributes	The attributes of a barcode scanner symbology.
CashDrawer CashDrawer CashDrawer CashDrawer	A cash drawer device in a retail scenario.
CashDrawerCapabilities CashDrawerCapabilities CashDrawerCapabilities CashDrawerCapabilities	Represents the cash drawer capabilities.
CashDrawerCloseAlarm CashDrawerCloseAlarm CashDrawerCloseAlarm CashDrawerCloseAlarm	The cash drawer close alarm. Parameter defaults are provided, however the user can update them as appropriate.
CashDrawerClosedEventArgs CashDrawerClosedEventArgs CashDrawerClosedEventArgs CashDrawerClosedEventArgs	This object is passed as a parameter to the event handlers for the DrawerClosed event.
CashDrawerEventSource CashDrawerEventSource CashDrawerEventSource CashDrawerEventSource	Provides event sources that allow a developer to detect when the cash drawer is opened or closed.
CashDrawerOpenedEventArgs CashDrawerOpenedEventArgs CashDrawerOpenedEventArgs CashDrawerOpenedEventArgs	This object is passed as a parameter to the event handlers for the DrawerOpened event.
CashDrawerStatus CashDrawerStatus CashDrawerStatus CashDrawerStatus	Provides the current power and availability status of the cash drawer.
CashDrawerStatusUpdatedEventArgs CashDrawerStatusUpdatedEventArgs CashDrawerStatusUpdatedEventArgs CashDrawerStatusUpdatedEventArgs	This object is passed as a parameter to the event handlers for the StatusUpdated event.
ClaimedBarcodeScanner ClaimedBarcodeScanner ClaimedBarcodeScanner ClaimedBarcodeScanner	Represents the claimed barcode scanner.
ClaimedCashDrawer ClaimedCashDrawer ClaimedCashDrawer ClaimedCashDrawer	Provides access to exclusive and privileged methods, properties, and events on a point-of-service cash drawer device.
ClaimedJournalPrinter ClaimedJournalPrinter ClaimedJournalPrinter ClaimedJournalPrinter	Represents a journal printer station that has been claimed for use.
ClaimedLineDisplay ClaimedLineDisplay ClaimedLineDisplay ClaimedLineDisplay	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a claimed line display device.
ClaimedMagneticStripeReader ClaimedMagneticStripeReader ClaimedMagneticStripeReader ClaimedMagneticStripeReader	Represents the claimed magnetic stripe reader.
ClaimedPosPrinter ClaimedPosPrinter ClaimedPosPrinter ClaimedPosPrinter	Represent a point-of-service printer that has been claimed for use.
ClaimedReceiptPrinter ClaimedReceiptPrinter ClaimedReceiptPrinter ClaimedReceiptPrinter	Represents a receipt printer station that has been claimed for use.
ClaimedSlipPrinter ClaimedSlipPrinter ClaimedSlipPrinter ClaimedSlipPrinter	Represents a slip printer station that has been claimed for use.
JournalPrinterCapabilities JournalPrinterCapabilities JournalPrinterCapabilities JournalPrinterCapabilities	Represents the capabilities of journal station of a point-of-service printer.
JournalPrintJob JournalPrintJob JournalPrintJob JournalPrintJob	Represents a set of printing instructions that you want to run on the journal printer station.
LineDisplay LineDisplay LineDisplay LineDisplay	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a line display device.
LineDisplayAttributes LineDisplayAttributes LineDisplayAttributes LineDisplayAttributes	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents the attributes of a line display device.
LineDisplayCapabilities LineDisplayCapabilities LineDisplayCapabilities LineDisplayCapabilities	Represents the line display capabilities.
LineDisplayCursor LineDisplayCursor LineDisplayCursor LineDisplayCursor	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a line display cursor.
LineDisplayCursorAttributes LineDisplayCursorAttributes LineDisplayCursorAttributes LineDisplayCursorAttributes	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents the attributes of a line display cursor.
LineDisplayCustomGlyphs LineDisplayCustomGlyphs LineDisplayCustomGlyphs LineDisplayCustomGlyphs	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a set of custom glyphs to be used by a line display.
LineDisplayMarquee LineDisplayMarquee LineDisplayMarquee LineDisplayMarquee	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents an object containing properties describing and allowing control of marquee scrolling on a line display.
LineDisplayStatisticsCategorySelector LineDisplayStatisticsCategorySelector LineDisplayStatisticsCategorySelector LineDisplayStatisticsCategorySelector	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a standard statistics category selector.
LineDisplayStatusUpdatedEventArgs LineDisplayStatusUpdatedEventArgs LineDisplayStatusUpdatedEventArgs LineDisplayStatusUpdatedEventArgs	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Provides event data for power state changes in the line display device.
LineDisplayStoredBitmap LineDisplayStoredBitmap LineDisplayStoredBitmap LineDisplayStoredBitmap	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents an object used to store a bitmap via the LineDisplayWindow.StoreBitmapAsync method.
LineDisplayWindow LineDisplayWindow LineDisplayWindow LineDisplayWindow	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Represents a line display window.
MagneticStripeReader MagneticStripeReader MagneticStripeReader MagneticStripeReader	Represents the magnetic stripe reader device.
MagneticStripeReaderAamvaCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderAamvaCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderAamvaCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderAamvaCardDataReceivedEventArgs	Provides the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) card data from the AamvaCardDataReceived event.
MagneticStripeReaderBankCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderBankCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderBankCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderBankCardDataReceivedEventArgs	Provides bank card data from the BankCardDataReceived event.
MagneticStripeReaderCapabilities MagneticStripeReaderCapabilities MagneticStripeReaderCapabilities MagneticStripeReaderCapabilities	Provides capabilities information for the magnetic stripe reader.
MagneticStripeReaderCardTypes MagneticStripeReaderCardTypes MagneticStripeReaderCardTypes MagneticStripeReaderCardTypes	Contains the card type of the recently swiped card.
MagneticStripeReaderEncryptionAlgorithms MagneticStripeReaderEncryptionAlgorithms MagneticStripeReaderEncryptionAlgorithms MagneticStripeReaderEncryptionAlgorithms	Contains the encryption algorithm supported by the device.
MagneticStripeReaderErrorOccurredEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderErrorOccurredEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderErrorOccurredEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderErrorOccurredEventArgs	Provides error information for the ErrorOccurred event.
MagneticStripeReaderReport MagneticStripeReaderReport MagneticStripeReaderReport MagneticStripeReaderReport	Contains data from the recently swiped card.
MagneticStripeReaderStatusUpdatedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderStatusUpdatedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderStatusUpdatedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderStatusUpdatedEventArgs	Provides information about an operation status change.
MagneticStripeReaderTrackData MagneticStripeReaderTrackData MagneticStripeReaderTrackData MagneticStripeReaderTrackData	Contains the track data obtained following a card swipe.
MagneticStripeReaderVendorSpecificCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderVendorSpecificCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderVendorSpecificCardDataReceivedEventArgs MagneticStripeReaderVendorSpecificCardDataReceivedEventArgs	Provides data for the recently swiped vendor card.
PosPrinter PosPrinter PosPrinter PosPrinter	Represents a point-of-service printer.
PosPrinterCapabilities PosPrinterCapabilities PosPrinterCapabilities PosPrinterCapabilities	Represents the capabilities of the point-of-service printer.
PosPrinterCharacterSetIds PosPrinterCharacterSetIds PosPrinterCharacterSetIds PosPrinterCharacterSetIds	Represents the set of identifiers for the character sets that a point-of-service printer can use.
PosPrinterReleaseDeviceRequestedEventArgs PosPrinterReleaseDeviceRequestedEventArgs PosPrinterReleaseDeviceRequestedEventArgs PosPrinterReleaseDeviceRequestedEventArgs	Provides information about the ClaimedPosPrinter.ReleaseDeviceRequested event that occurs when a point-of-service printer gets a request to release its exclusive claim.
PosPrinterStatus PosPrinterStatus PosPrinterStatus PosPrinterStatus	Provides information about the status of a point-of-service printer, such as the power state of the printer.
PosPrinterStatusUpdatedEventArgs PosPrinterStatusUpdatedEventArgs PosPrinterStatusUpdatedEventArgs PosPrinterStatusUpdatedEventArgs	Provides information about the PosPrinter.StatusUpdated event that occurs when the status of a point-of-service printer changes.
ReceiptPrinterCapabilities ReceiptPrinterCapabilities ReceiptPrinterCapabilities ReceiptPrinterCapabilities	Represents the capabilities of receipt station of a point-of-service printer.
ReceiptPrintJob ReceiptPrintJob ReceiptPrintJob ReceiptPrintJob	Represents a set of printing instructions that you want to run on the receipt printer.
SlipPrinterCapabilities SlipPrinterCapabilities SlipPrinterCapabilities SlipPrinterCapabilities	Represents the capabilities of slip station of a point-of-service printer.
SlipPrintJob SlipPrintJob SlipPrintJob SlipPrintJob	Represents a set of printing instructions that you want to run on the slip printer station.
UnifiedPosErrorData UnifiedPosErrorData UnifiedPosErrorData UnifiedPosErrorData	Provides error information.

Interfaces

ICashDrawerEventSourceEventArgs ICashDrawerEventSourceEventArgs ICashDrawerEventSourceEventArgs ICashDrawerEventSourceEventArgs	Represents the arguments common to cash drawer event sources.
ICommonClaimedPosPrinterStation ICommonClaimedPosPrinterStation ICommonClaimedPosPrinterStation ICommonClaimedPosPrinterStation	Represents properties and actions common to all type of claimed stations for a point-of-service printer.
ICommonPosPrintStationCapabilities ICommonPosPrintStationCapabilities ICommonPosPrintStationCapabilities ICommonPosPrintStationCapabilities	Represents the capabilities common to all types of stations for point-of-service printers.
ICommonReceiptSlipCapabilities ICommonReceiptSlipCapabilities ICommonReceiptSlipCapabilities ICommonReceiptSlipCapabilities	Represents the capabilities common to receipt and slip printer stations.
IPosPrinterJob IPosPrinterJob IPosPrinterJob IPosPrinterJob	Represents actions common to jobs for all types of stations for a point-of-service printer.
IReceiptOrSlipJob IReceiptOrSlipJob IReceiptOrSlipJob IReceiptOrSlipJob	Represents actions common to jobs for receipt and slip printer stations.

Enums

BarcodeScannerStatus BarcodeScannerStatus BarcodeScannerStatus BarcodeScannerStatus	Defines the constants that indicate the barcode scanner status.
BarcodeSymbologyDecodeLengthKind BarcodeSymbologyDecodeLengthKind BarcodeSymbologyDecodeLengthKind BarcodeSymbologyDecodeLengthKind	The types of decode lengths that barcode symbologies can support.
CashDrawerStatusKind CashDrawerStatusKind CashDrawerStatusKind CashDrawerStatusKind	Defines the constants that indicate the cash drawer power status.
LineDisplayCursorType LineDisplayCursorType LineDisplayCursorType LineDisplayCursorType	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the type of cursor a line display is using.
LineDisplayDescriptorState LineDisplayDescriptorState LineDisplayDescriptorState LineDisplayDescriptorState	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the state of a line display descriptor.
LineDisplayHorizontalAlignment LineDisplayHorizontalAlignment LineDisplayHorizontalAlignment LineDisplayHorizontalAlignment	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the horizontal alignment of text on a line display, relative to the current text character position.
LineDisplayMarqueeFormat LineDisplayMarqueeFormat LineDisplayMarqueeFormat LineDisplayMarqueeFormat	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the marquee format for the current window.
LineDisplayPowerStatus LineDisplayPowerStatus LineDisplayPowerStatus LineDisplayPowerStatus	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the power status of a line display.
LineDisplayScrollDirection LineDisplayScrollDirection LineDisplayScrollDirection LineDisplayScrollDirection	Defines the constants that indicate the scrolling direction of the line display.
LineDisplayTextAttribute LineDisplayTextAttribute LineDisplayTextAttribute LineDisplayTextAttribute	Defines the constants that indicate whether the line display is reversed or blinking.
LineDisplayTextAttributeGranularity LineDisplayTextAttributeGranularity LineDisplayTextAttributeGranularity LineDisplayTextAttributeGranularity	Defines the constants that indicate whether the line display supports blinking or reversing the display.
LineDisplayVerticalAlignment LineDisplayVerticalAlignment LineDisplayVerticalAlignment LineDisplayVerticalAlignment	[Contains prerelease APIs.] Defines the constants that indicate the vertical alignment of text on a line display, relative to the current text character position.
MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationLevel MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationLevel MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationLevel MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationLevel	Defines the constants that indicates the level of support for magnetic stripe reader authentication protocol: NotSupported, Optional, or Required.
MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationProtocol MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationProtocol MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationProtocol MagneticStripeReaderAuthenticationProtocol	Defines the constants that indicates the authentication protocol supported by the device.
MagneticStripeReaderErrorReportingType MagneticStripeReaderErrorReportingType MagneticStripeReaderErrorReportingType MagneticStripeReaderErrorReportingType	Defines the constants that indicates the error reporting type for the device.
MagneticStripeReaderStatus MagneticStripeReaderStatus MagneticStripeReaderStatus MagneticStripeReaderStatus	Defines the constants that indicate the device authentication status.
MagneticStripeReaderTrackErrorType MagneticStripeReaderTrackErrorType MagneticStripeReaderTrackErrorType MagneticStripeReaderTrackErrorType	Defines the constants that indicates the track error type.
MagneticStripeReaderTrackIds MagneticStripeReaderTrackIds MagneticStripeReaderTrackIds MagneticStripeReaderTrackIds	Defines the constants that indicates the device track ID to read.
PosConnectionTypes PosConnectionTypes PosConnectionTypes PosConnectionTypes	Connection types that can be used to access a point of service device.
PosPrinterAlignment PosPrinterAlignment PosPrinterAlignment PosPrinterAlignment	Describes the possible horizontal alignments of the text that a point-of-service printer prints on the page.
PosPrinterBarcodeTextPosition PosPrinterBarcodeTextPosition PosPrinterBarcodeTextPosition PosPrinterBarcodeTextPosition	Describes the possible vertical positions in which a point-of-service printer prints the barcode text relative to the barcode.
PosPrinterCartridgeSensors PosPrinterCartridgeSensors PosPrinterCartridgeSensors PosPrinterCartridgeSensors	Describes the possible sensors available for a printer station of a point-of-service printer to use to report the status of the printer.
PosPrinterColorCapabilities PosPrinterColorCapabilities PosPrinterColorCapabilities PosPrinterColorCapabilities	Describes the possible color cartridges that a point-of-service printer can support.
PosPrinterColorCartridge PosPrinterColorCartridge PosPrinterColorCartridge PosPrinterColorCartridge	Describes the color cartridges that the point-of-service printer can use for printing.
PosPrinterLineDirection PosPrinterLineDirection PosPrinterLineDirection PosPrinterLineDirection	Describes the possible directions that a receipt or slip printer station can use to print a ruled line.
PosPrinterLineStyle PosPrinterLineStyle PosPrinterLineStyle PosPrinterLineStyle	Describes the line styles that a receipt or slip printer station can use to print a ruled line.
PosPrinterMapMode PosPrinterMapMode PosPrinterMapMode PosPrinterMapMode	Describes the valid units of measure for point-of-service printers.
PosPrinterMarkFeedCapabilities PosPrinterMarkFeedCapabilities PosPrinterMarkFeedCapabilities PosPrinterMarkFeedCapabilities	Describes the capabilities of a receipt printer station for handling mark-sensed paper.
PosPrinterMarkFeedKind PosPrinterMarkFeedKind PosPrinterMarkFeedKind PosPrinterMarkFeedKind	Describes the ways the receipt printer station should feed the mark-sensed paper when you call the ReceiptPrintJob.MarkFeed method.
PosPrinterPrintSide PosPrinterPrintSide PosPrinterPrintSide PosPrinterPrintSide	Describes the sides of the sheet of paper on which the point-of-service printer prints.
PosPrinterRotation PosPrinterRotation PosPrinterRotation PosPrinterRotation	Describes the possible ways that a point-of-service printer can rotate the text or image on the page.
PosPrinterRuledLineCapabilities PosPrinterRuledLineCapabilities PosPrinterRuledLineCapabilities PosPrinterRuledLineCapabilities	Describes the capabilities of the point-of-service printer to draw ruled lines.
PosPrinterStatusKind PosPrinterStatusKind PosPrinterStatusKind PosPrinterStatusKind	Describes the power state for a point-of-service printer.
UnifiedPosErrorReason UnifiedPosErrorReason UnifiedPosErrorReason UnifiedPosErrorReason	Defines the constants that indicates the reason for the error event.
UnifiedPosErrorSeverity UnifiedPosErrorSeverity UnifiedPosErrorSeverity UnifiedPosErrorSeverity	Defines the constants that indicates the error severity.
UnifiedPosHealthCheckLevel UnifiedPosHealthCheckLevel UnifiedPosHealthCheckLevel UnifiedPosHealthCheckLevel	Defines the constants that indicates the type of health check that can be performed on the devices.
UnifiedPosPowerReportingType UnifiedPosPowerReportingType UnifiedPosPowerReportingType UnifiedPosPowerReportingType	Defines the constants that indicates power reporting capabilities of the Point of Service (POS) device.

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Applications which require this namespace require the addition of the “pointOfService” DeviceCapability to the app package manifest.

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