Installation

System preparation

  1. Install the required dependencies
  2. Get the Product ID and Vendor ID from the lsusb command # lsusb  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1a2b:1a2b Device name
  3. Create a udev rule to let users belonging to dialout group use the printer. You can create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-escpos.rules and add the following: SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1a2b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1a2b", MODE="0664", GROUP="dialout" Replace idVendor and idProduct hex numbers with the ones that you got from the previous step. Note that you can either, add yourself to “dialout” group, or use another group you already belongs instead “dialout” and set it in the GROUP parameter in the above rule.
  4. Restart udev # sudo service udev restart In some new systems it is done with # sudo udevadm control --reload

Install

  • Clone python-escpos from github

  • Change directory to python-escpos and install the package

    # cd python-escpos
    # python setup.py build
    # sudo python setup.py install
    
  • Enjoy !!!