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Printing Protocol

11/16/2015 1:26 AM

If I want to control the thermal printer, I just need to send the ESC/POS instructions or PCL to the printer through USB interface or the serial port. Is the right? What is the communication protocol of the printer? Thank you.

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Re: Printing Protocol

11/16/2015 3:21 AM

There are some pretty smart people here, but, as far as I know, none of us is psychic - we cannot see through your eyes or read your mind.

How can you expect an answer to your question without telling us the make & model of the printer (or the make & model of the printer of which it is a copy)?

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11/16/2015 6:44 AM

Please define the TLAs before using them. For example: <...POS...> ?

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11/16/2015 7:07 AM

TLAs? I'm sorry that I do not understand your meaning. Could you explain it to me?

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11/16/2015 7:19 AM

TLA: Three-Letter Acronym

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11/16/2015 8:39 AM

Thank you. Now I have understood the process of the printer control from the following picture. It is that I exactly want to know about.

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Re: Printing Protocol

11/16/2015 9:04 AM

Printer drivers (that's what you are trying to design/program) are usually pretty specific to the brand/type/model of printer. You have yet to define those.

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11/16/2015 8:14 AM

Do you refer to the command to send the printer to a position x,y ?

Which Printer and PCL are you using ?

Google for xxxprinterxxx Printer Command Language [PCL]

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11/16/2015 9:36 AM

Yes, I want to use the mcu to control those thermal printer used in the markert. I just need to send the control command(such as ESC/P) to the printer so as to make it printer the content, is that right? And I have another question about whether the POS system controls the thermal printer by this way. Thank you.

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11/16/2015 12:21 PM

Sounds like you're trying to interface an unknown printer type to a Point of Sale (POS) system that is Unix/Linux based. Your best bet is to start with an understanding of how the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) works and experiment from there. Depending upon the system you are trying to hack utilize you may have to write your own scripts because the images may be in a proprietary and/or device dependent format.

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11/16/2015 7:28 PM

Thanks for your suggestion. Now my thingking for printer development is being clear.

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