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Support for USB connection? #61

Closed vipasu closed 2 years ago

vipasu commented 2 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for the library! I am using a Tiny printer that comes with a USB connection. On a Mac, I can't seem to find the serial connection (e.g. in /dev/) - the device only shows up via USB. Is it possible to initialize a printer object over USB?

Thanks, Vincent

ladyada commented 2 years ago

you'll need to contac tthe place you purchased it for how to communicate and any drivers

vipasu commented 2 years ago

It's the one from the adafruit site: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2751. I managed to get ESC-POS to connect over USB, but that library doesn't seem to support the same formatting options in most of your guides. Wondering if anyone there happens to have had any success with the tiny printer connected to Mac via USB?

ladyada commented 2 years ago

make sure you've installed the prolific drivers to get the usb port to appear, if you're still having issues post to the forums!