Simple guide to use a thermo printer with python
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- connect the printer via usb to your PC/Pi/...
- install the escpos library via pip. more info about this python library here
pip install escpos
- create a script.py file
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
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