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Thermal printer

Via a Web Browser

You can print “directly” from the browser to a printer using WebUSB.

Web compatibility: caniuse.com/webusb

WebUSB Documentation: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API

Tools and libraries

- cellivar.github.io/WebReceiptLinePrinter/demo/=

- receiptline.github.io/designer/=

- github.com/NielsLeenheer/WebUSBReceiptPrinter (and a fantastic talk on how it was built)

Demo

Created in January 2024 in PPPrototypes workshop @ Césure by Thomas: glitch.com/edit/#!/webusb2print

Thermal printers @ XPUB

Resources from our dear experimental publishers friends:

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Thermal_printers

Using the lp command from cups

https://openprinting.github.io/cups/

Bellow are examples, considering your thermal printer is the default one, otherwise you would have to precise which one you would like to print with, using the -d option :

lp image.png -d TM-T20II

Print text from standard input

echo hello | lp

lp book.pdf -o PageSize=Custom.68.5x69mm

Tools

- banderole.sh (CC4r) A tool for printing banners on cash receipts, it's 25 lines of shell using image magick to generate the text and lp to send it to the printer.

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-=== '''Thermal printer with a Web Browser''' ===
+=== '''Thermal printer''' ===
+=== '''Via a Web Browser''' ===
 You can print “directly” from the browser to a printer using WebUSB.
-Web compatibility: <nowiki>https://caniuse.com/webusb</nowiki>
+Web compatibility: [https://caniuse.com/webusb caniuse.com/webusb]
-WebUSB Documentation: <nowiki>https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API</nowiki>
+WebUSB Documentation: [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebUSB_API]
 ==== Tools and libraries ====
-- <nowiki>https://cellivar.github.io/WebReceiptLinePrinter/demo/</nowiki>
+- [https://cellivar.github.io/WebReceiptLinePrinter/demo/ cellivar.github.io/WebReceiptLinePrinter/demo/=]
+- [https://receiptline.github.io/designer/ receiptline.github.io/designer/=]
+- [https://github.com/NielsLeenheer/WebUSBReceiptPrinter github.com/NielsLeenheer/WebUSBReceiptPrinter] (and a [https://noti.st/nielsleenheer/zP0qdm/slides fantastic talk] on how it was built)
+==== Demo ====
+Created in January 2024 in [[PPPrototypes workshop @ Césure]] by Thomas: [https://glitch.com/edit/#!/webusb2print glitch.com/edit/#!/webusb2print]
+=== Thermal printers @ XPUB ===
+Resources from our dear experimental publishers friends:
+https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Thermal_printers
+=== Using the lp command from cups ===
+https://openprinting.github.io/cups/
-- <nowiki>https://receiptline.github.io/designer/</nowiki>
+Bellow are examples, considering your thermal printer is the default one, otherwise you would have to precise which one you would like to print with, using the -d option :
+ lp image.png -d TM-T20II
+Print text from standard input
+ echo hello | lp
-- <nowiki>https://github.com/NielsLeenheer/WebUSBReceiptPrinter</nowiki> (and a [https://noti.st/nielsleenheer/zP0qdm/slides fantastic talk] on how it was built)
+ lp book.pdf -o PageSize=Custom.68.5x69mm
-DEMO (created in January 2024 in [[PPPrototypes workshop @ Césure]])&nbsp;: <nowiki>https://glitch.com/edit/#!/webusb2print</nowiki>
+==== Tools ====
+- [https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/clemtre/banderole.sh banderole.sh] (CC4r) A tool for printing banners on cash receipts, it's 25 lines of shell using image magick to generate the text and lp to send it to the printer.