>>What the provide is about a 660 page Word (or PDF) document on this whole
>>concept and standards. No actual control is offered. The MS site looks to be
>>equally interesting to dig through trying to find something of use.
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>The control has to be provided by the manufacturer. I put together a solution once where the manufacturer of the Cash Drawer and the Printer (Epson, I think?) supplied appropriate OCXs. Worked quite well, actually....

Interesting. I ordered and received a printer from Epson. It came with nothing but cables, paper, ribbon cartridge and an installation manual for hooking it up. I got the Win95 printer drivers from the web. I'll have to follow up to see what else they have to offer.