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I am doing inventory and want to print labels. I found this thermoprinter in a pile of cables that I want to use for printing inventory labels.
I am doing inventory and want to print labels. I found this thermoprinter in a pile of cables that I want to use for printing inventory labels.


= Hardware
== Hardware ==
My printer talks TTL that you can plug into the UART of a Raspberry Pi.


= Software
I connected my printer's RX to a Raspberry Pi's TX and both printer and Pi to some power.
 
There is a large amount of 57mm thermopaper available. You can even buy adhesive thermopaper which is ideal for this project.
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 07:11, 15 September 2023

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ESC/POS Label Printing

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Initiator: Ada


I am doing inventory and want to print labels. I found this thermoprinter in a pile of cables that I want to use for printing inventory labels.

Hardware

My printer talks TTL that you can plug into the UART of a Raspberry Pi.

I connected my printer's RX to a Raspberry Pi's TX and both printer and Pi to some power.

There is a large amount of 57mm thermopaper available. You can even buy adhesive thermopaper which is ideal for this project.

Software