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Browser plugin for sending documents and raw commands to a printer or attached device.
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EscPos sample file #1228

Closed erikn69 closed 6 months ago

erikn69 commented 6 months ago

ESC/POS Sample file, why isn't there one?

tresf commented 6 months ago

ESC/POS Sample file, why isn't there one?

Because these types of files are not easily hand-editable due to the escape characters, making the .txt file extension very misleading.

ExampleMart Ltd.

This doesn't really match the rest of our examples. Where was this lifted from?

erikn69 commented 6 months ago

Because these types of files are not easily hand-editable due to the escape characters, making the .txt file extension very misleading.

I suspected that, but I didn't have an example file on hand to test a Virtual ESC/POS printer.

This doesn't really match the rest of our examples. Where was this lifted from?

receipt-print-hq/escpos-tools/receipt-with-logo.bin,

receipt-print-hq/escpos-tools/esc2html.md I built a service to capture the raw print data and show a preview in html by executing the script, it is for testing

tresf commented 6 months ago

Thanks. Since these file are MIT licensed, we can legally bundle them with our demo.

If you notice, the project uses the .bin file extension, which I think is a bit more accurate as to the file's contents.

With regards to bundling an example file moving forward, we're not opposed to this, however we would likely prefer a small, curated example, likely one without an embedded image that uses the most common (and most compatible) ESC/POS commands.

We also prefer to add some branding to the receipt to indicate if it's was from our software.

This PR is better than nothing, so I think it's a good idea to leave it open until one's added that supercedes it.

erikn69 commented 6 months ago

Same example from https://qz.io/docs/raw#escpos image

tresf commented 6 months ago

Thanks!!