Printer::ESCPOS - Interface for all thermal, dot-matrix and other receipt printers that support ESC-POS specification.
version 1.006
If you are just starting up with POS RECEIPT Printers, you must first refer to Printer::ESCPOS::Manual to get started.
Printer::ESCPOS provides four different types of printer connections to talk to a ESCPOS printer. As of v0.012 driverType Serial, Network, File and USB are all implemented in this module. USB driverType is not supported prior to v0.012.
USB driverType allows you to talk to your Printer using the vendorId and productId values for your printer. These can be retrieved using lsusb command
shantanu@shantanu-G41M-ES2L:~/github$ lsusb
. . .
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1504:0006
. . .
The output gives us the vendorId 0x1504 and productId 0x0006
For USB Printers Printer::ESCPOS uses a default endPoint of 0x01 and a default timeout of 1000, however these can be specified manually in case your printer requires a different value.
use Printer::ESCPOS;
my $vendorId = 0x1504;
my $productId = 0x0006;
my $device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'USB',
vendorId => $vendorId,
productId => $productId,
);
use GD;
my $img = newFromGif GD::Image('header.gif') || die "Error $!";
$device->printer->image($img); # Takes a GD image object
$device->printer->qr("Don't Panic!"); # Print a QR Code
$device->printer->printAreaWidth(5000);
$device->printer->text("Print Area Width Modified\n");
$device->printer->printAreaWidth(); # Reset to default
$device->printer->text("print area width reset\n");
$device->printer->tab();
$device->printer->underline(1);
$device->printer->text("underline on\n");
$device->printer->invert(1);
$device->printer->text("Inverted Text\n");
$device->printer->justification('right');
$device->printer->text("Right Justified\n");
$device->printer->upsideDown(1);
$device->printer->text("Upside Down\n");
$device->printer->cutPaper();
$device->printer->print(); # Dispatch the above commands from module buffer to the Printer.
For Network Printers $port is 9100 in most cases but might differ depending on how you have configured your printer
use Printer::ESCPOS;
my $printer_id = '192.168.0.10';
my $port = '9100';
my $device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'Network',
deviceIp => $printer_ip,
devicePort => $port,
);
# These commands won't actually send anything to the printer but will store all the
# merged data including control codes to module buffer.
$device->printer->printAreaWidth(7000);
$device->printer->text("Print Area Width Modified\n");
$device->printer->printAreaWidth(); # Reset to default
$device->printer->text("print area width reset\n");
$device->printer->tab();
$device->printer->underline(1);
$device->printer->text("underline on\n");
$device->printer->invert(1);
$device->printer->text("Inverted Text\n");
$device->printer->justification('right');
$device->printer->text("Right Justified\n");
$device->printer->upsideDown(1);
$device->printer->text("Upside Down\n");
$device->printer->cutPaper();
$device->printer->print(); # Dispatch the above commands from module buffer to the Printer.
# This command takes care of read text buffers for the printer.
Use the Serial driverType for local printer connected on serial port(or a printer connected via a physical USB port in USB to Serial mode), check syslog(Usually under /var/log/syslog) for what device file was created for your printer when you connect it to your system(For plug and play printers). You may also use a Windows port name like 'COM1', 'COM2' etc. as deviceFilePath param when running this under windows. The Device::SerialPort claims to support this syntax. (Drop me a email if you are able to make it work in windows as I have not tested it out yet)
use Printer::ESCPOS;
use Data::Dumper; # Just to get dumps of status functions supported for Serial driverType.
my $path = '/dev/ttyACM0';
$device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'Serial',
deviceFilePath => $path,
);
say Dumper $device->printer->printerStatus();
say Dumper $device->printer->offlineStatus();
say Dumper $device->printer->errorStatus();
say Dumper $device->printer->paperSensorStatus();
$device->printer->bold(1);
$device->printer->text("Bold Text\n");
$device->printer->bold(0);
$device->printer->text("Bold Text Off\n");
$device->printer->print();
A File driverType is similar to the Serial driverType in all functionality except that it doesn't support the status functions for the printer. i.e. you will not be able to use printerStatus, offlineStatus, errorStatus or paperSensorStatus functions
use Printer::ESCPOS;
my $path = '/dev/usb/lp0';
$device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'File',
deviceFilePath => $path,
);
$device->printer->bold(1);
$device->printer->text("Bold Text\n");
$device->printer->bold(0);
$device->printer->text("Bold Text Off\n");
$device->printer->print();
You can use this module for all your ESC-POS Printing needs. If some of your printer's functions are not included, you may extend this module by adding specialized funtions for your printer in it's own subclass. Refer to Printer::ESCPOS::Roles::Profile and Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::Generic
"Required attribute". The driver type to use for your printer. This can be File, Network, USB or Serial. If you choose File or Serial driver, you must provide the deviceFilePath, for Network driverType you must provide the printerIp and printerPort, For USB driverType you must provide vendorId and productId.
USB driver type:
my $vendorId = 0x1504;
my $productId = 0x0006;
my $device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'USB'
vendorId => $vendorId,
productId => $productId,
);
Network driver type:
my $printer_id = '192.168.0.10';
my $port = '9100';
my $device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'Network',
deviceIp => $printer_ip,
devicePort => $port,
);
Serial driver type:
my $path = '/dev/ttyACM0';
$device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'Serial',
deviceFilePath => $path,
);
File driver type:
my $path = '/dev/usb/lp0';
$device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'File',
deviceFilePath => $path,
);
There are minor differences in ESC POS printers across different brands and models in terms of specifications and extra features. For using special features of a particular brand you may create a sub class in the name space Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::* and load your profile here. I would recommend extending the Generic Profile( Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::Generic ). Use the following classes as examples. Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::Generic Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::SinocanPSeries
Note that your driver class will have to implement the Printer::ESCPOS::Roles::Profile Interface. This is a Moo::Role and can be included in your class with the following line.
use Moo;
with 'Printer::ESCPOS::Roles::Profile';
By default the generic profile is loaded but if you have written your own Printer::ESCPOS::Profile::* class and want to override the generic class pass the profile Param during object creation.
my $device = Printer::ESCPOS->new(
driverType => 'Network',
deviceIp => $printer_ip,
devicePort => $port,
profile => 'USERCUSTOM'
);
The above $device object will use the Printer::ESCPOS::Profile::USERCUSTOM profile.
File path for UNIX device file. e.g. "/dev/ttyACM0", or port name for Win32 (untested) like 'COM1', COM2' etc. This is a mandatory parameter if you are using File or Serial driverType. I haven't had a chance to test this on windows so if you are able to successfully use this with a serial port on windows, drop me a email to let me know that I got it right :)
Win32 serial port name
Contains the IP address of the device when its a network printer. The module creates IO:Socket::INET object to connect to the printer. This can be passed in the constructor.
Contains the network port of the device when its a network printer. The module creates IO:Socket::INET object to connect to the printer. This can be passed in the constructor.
When used as a local serial device you can set the baudrate of the printer too. Default (38400) will usually work, but not always.
Set this value to 1 if you are connecting your printer using the USB Cable but it shows up as a serial device and you are using the Serial driver.
This is a required param for USB driverType. It contains the USB printer's Vendor ID when using USB driverType. Use lsusb command to get this value for your printer.
This is a required param for USB driverType. It contains the USB printer's product Id when using USB driverType. Use lsusb command to get this value for your printer.
This is a optional param for USB driverType. It contains the USB endPoint for Device::USB to write to if the value is not 0x01 for your printer. Get it using the following command:
shantanu@shantanu-G41M-ES2L:~$ sudo lsusb -vvv -d 1504:0006 | grep bEndpointAddress | grep OUT
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
Replace 1504:0006 with your own printer's vendor id and product id in the above command.
Timeout for bulk write functions for the USB printer. Optional param.
Use this attribute to send commands to the printer
$device->printer->setFont('a');
$device->printer->text("blah blah blah\n");
Refer to the following manual to get started with Printer::ESCPOS
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Create a device object $device by providing parameters for one of the supported printer types. Call $device->printer->init to initialize the printer.
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call text() and other Text formatting functions on $device->printer for the data to be sent to the printer. Make sure to end it all with a linefeed $device->printer->lf().
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Then call the print() method to dispatch the sequences from the module buffer to the printer
$device->printer->print()
Note: While you may call print() after every single command code, this is not advisable as some printers tend to choke up if you send them too many print commands in quick succession. To avoid this, aggregate the data to be sent to the printer with text() and other text formatting functions and then send it all in one go using print() at the very end.
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In Serial mode if the printer prints out garbled characters instead of proper text, try specifying the baudrate parameter when you create the printer object. The default baudrate is set at 38400
$device = Printer::ESCPOS->new( driverType => 'Serial', deviceFilePath => $path, baudrate => 9600, );
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For ESC-P codes refer the guide from Epson http://support.epson.ru/upload/library_file/14/esc-p.pdf
- Printer::ESCPOS::Manual
- Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::Generic
- Printer::ESCPOS::Profiles::SinocanPSeries
- Printer::ESCPOS::Roles::Profile
- Printer::ESCPOS::Roles::Connection
- Printer::ESCPOS::Connections::USB
- Printer::ESCPOS::Connections::Serial
- Printer::ESCPOS::Connections::Network
- Printer::ESCPOS::Connections::File
Please report any bugs or feature requests through github at https://github.com/shantanubhadoria/perl-printer-escpos/issues. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.
This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.
https://github.com/shantanubhadoria/perl-printer-escpos
git clone git://github.com/shantanubhadoria/perl-printer-escpos.git
Shantanu Bhadoria [email protected] https://www.shantanubhadoria.com
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- Shantanu Bhadoria <shantanu att cpan dott org>
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