linemode

Drivers and templates for thermal printers


License
BSD-3-Clause
Install
pip install linemode==0.0.1

Documentation

Python Linemode Printing

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Python library for communicating with line-mode thermal printers (currently tested with the TSP700II USB). Currently works only with printers that support the star line mode protocol but adding support for other similar printers should be possible.

Also provides a module for compiling an xml description of a page to a list of commands.

Developed at Newman Online Ltd and open sourced with permission.

Examples

Basic, without template system:

from linemode import open_printer

printer = open_printer('star+lpt:///dev/usb/lp0')

printer.run_commands([
    ('fontsize-large'),
    ('select-bold'),
    ('write', "Hello world\n"),
    ('cut-through'),
])

Running templates:

from linemode import open_printer
from linemode.renderers import xml

printer = open_printer('star+lpt:///dev/usb/lp0')

printer.run_commands(xml.render("""
<document>
  <line>
    <bold>Hello world</bold>
  </line>
</document>
"""))

With jinja:

from jinja2 import Template

from linemode import open_printer
from linemode.renderers import xml

printer = open_printer('star+lpt:///dev/usb/lp0')

# jinja2 template
template = """
<document>
  {% for potatoes in [1, 2, 3, 4] %}
  <line>
    {{ potatoes }} potato
  </line>
  {% endfor %}
</document>
"""
# line mode printer document
document = Template(template).render()

# iterator of generic printer instructions
commands = xml.render(document)

# printer specific compiled representation
program = printer.compile(commands)

printer.execute(program)

Command Language

Printer drivers accept an iterable of command tuples. Tuples should contain a command name followed by any number of primitive arguments. For convenience, a tuple containing just a command name can be replaced with the command name.

The following commands are supported:

reset
Reset everything to it's initial state.
select-bold/cancel-bold
Toggle printing bold text.
select-highlight/cancel-highlight
Toggle printing white on black instead of black on white.
fontsize-small/fontsize-medium/fontsize-large

Set the line height for the current line and all following lines. If not sent at the beginning of a new line then behaviour is undefined. Characters should remain the same width.

Default: fontsize-small

write <string>
Print the contents of a unicode string. If any characters are unsupported, they will be replaced with '?'.
barcode <style> <data>
TODO
newline
Flush the line buffer and start a new line.
cut-through
Create a cut at the next mark
cut-partial
Create a perforated cut at the next mark
cut-through-immediate
Create a cut at the current cursor position
cut-partial-immediate
Create a perforated cut at the current cursor position

Bugs

Please post any problems or feature requests using the issue tracker. Pull requests welcome. New drivers would be greatly appreciated.