View source for Simple guide to use a thermo printer with python

* connect the printer via usb to your PC/Pi/...
* install the escpos library via pip. more info about this python library [https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos here]
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pip install escpos 
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* create a script.py file
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from escpos.printer import Usb       #imports the library in the script.py
import time                          #import the time library
iprinter = Usb(0x0416,0x5011)        #defines where the printer is connected - in this case its a usb connection the first number is the vendor ID and the secondnumber is the product ID


while True:                          #this function is running now for ever
    iprinter.text("Hello World")     #sends "Hello World" to the printer
    iprinter.text("\n")              #sends a new line to the printer
    time.sleep(1)                    #makes a break for one second

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from escpos import *       #imports the library in the script.py
import time                          #import the time library
iprinter = printer.Serial("/dev/cu.usbserial-10") #in this case the printer is connected via a usb to serial device and the printer.Serial command sends to the serial device

while True:                          #this function is running now for ever
    iprinter.text("Hello World")     #sends "Hello World" to the printer
    iprinter.text("\n")              #sends a new line to the printer
    time.sleep(1)                    #makes a bre
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