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Point of sale (POS) systems are of increasing use in the marketplace. FIG. 1 depicts a conventional POS system 10. The conventional POS system 10 includes a conventional POS host 20 having a conventional POS host application 22 and conventional UPOS printer drivers 24. The conventional POS system 10 also includes a conventional POS printer 30 having conventional firmware 32. Often, the conventional POS host application 22 is a conventional standard host appli cation 22. A standard interface used in POS systems is Uni fied POS (UPOS). The UPOS interface allows host applica tions to be used on multiple UPOS compliant POS systems. Consequently, the conventional standard host application 22 may be a conventional UPOS host application 22. During operation of the conventional POS system 10, vari ous items are printed on the conventional POS printer 30. In order to do so, a complex payload is …