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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
2# ESC/POS Image experiment
3#
4# receipt.py
5# A simple script to print text and images on an ESC/POS compatible printer.
6# 
7# Authored: sparkydadoggo <[email protected]>
8# Co-Authored: 0x4248 <[email protected]>
9# Reviewed by: 0x4248 <[email protected]>
10#
11# TESTED HARDWARE:
12# - TOSHIBA ???? (I dont know what the actual model is, there is so manty numbers on the printer but 
13# all look like serial numbers, has ESC/POS support, "images" as we saw and serial over standard 2.0 USB, RS232)
14#
15# COPYRIGHT NOTICE
16# Copyright (C) 2025-2026 0x4248 and contributors
17# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
18# modification, are permitted provided that the license is not changed.
19#
20# This software is free and open source. Licensed under the GNU general
21# public license version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
22#
23# NOTE:
24# made with Sparky's own 2 paws
25
26from PIL import Image
27from escpos import *
28p = printer.Usb(0x08a6, 0x003d, profile ="default")
29
30while True:
31    usertext = input("Enter text to print, enter 'cut' to cut the paper, enter 'exit' to quit: ")
32    if usertext.lower() == 'exit':
33        break
34    elif usertext.lower() == 'cut':
35        for i in range(3):
36            p.text("\n")
37        p.cut()
38    elif usertext.lower() == 'image':
39        # XXX: If the image size is wrong or too large, expect an entire roll of paper to be lost. 
40        # You will get an output of "random characters" and the printer will just keep printing. We
41        # assume that its just the printer printing the raw data of the image, but we dont know for 
42        # sure.
43        p.profile.profile_data['media']['width']['pixels'] = 576  # or 384, test at your own risk 
44        img = Image.open(input("Enter the path to the image you want to print: "))
45        # HACK: This is the weirdest part of the code, but it works. The printer can only print 
46        # images that are 576 pixels wide (or 384 for some models), so we need to resize the image 
47        # to fit the printer's width while maintaining the aspect ratio.
48        #
49        # We really should figure out if there is a better way to do this e.g detecting the 
50        # printer's width and resizing the image accordingly, but for now this is a simple solution 
51        # that "should" work with most images. 
52        printer_width = 576
53        aspect_ratio = img.height / img.width
54        new_height = int(printer_width * aspect_ratio)
55        img = img.resize((printer_width, new_height))
56        img = img.convert("1")
57        p.image(img, impl="bitImageColumn")
58        for i in range(3):
59            p.text("\n")
60        p.cut()
61    else:
62        p.text(usertext + "\n")
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