Thermal Printer Module for Tessel

Support for the A2 micro panel thermal printer with Tessel.

This module is based on xseignard's thermalprinter package

Important Information Specific to Module

• Needs a seperate 5v - 9V, 2A power supply. The Tessel can't power this. 9V is faster.
• You can do a test print by holding the printer button while powering.

Installation

npm install tessel-thermalprinter

• A, B, D ports only. C doesn't support UART yet.

Examples

var tessel = require('tessel');
var thermalprinter = require('tessel-thermalprinter');
var printer = thermalprinter.use(tessel.port['A']);

printer.on('ready', function(){

    console.info('Printer ready!');

    printer
        .center()
        .horizontalLine(16)
        .printLine("we're printing with")
        .inverse(true)
        .big(true)
        .printLine(' TESSEL! ')
        .lineFeed(3)
        .print(function(){
            console.info('Printer finished!');
            process.exit();
        });

});