hanmoto

hanmoto makes your esc/pos printer accessible through Web API endpoint and offer you high level python esc/pos printer library.

Installation

install with pip

$ pip install hanmoto

or you can install with poetry from source code.

$ git clone https://github.com/argonism/hanmoto.git
$ cd hanmoto
$ poetry install

Usage

printer as API endpoint

Use hanmoto command to start API server.

Following example starts API server with network connected printer.

$ hanmoto network your.escpos.printer.ip

and sent request to API endpoint

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"type": "text", "content": "hoge"}' http://localhost:8000/print/text

In python

from hanmoto.printer import Hanmoto, hmtText, HmtImage
hmt = Hanmoto.from_network()
# set ip addr to environment varieble HANMOTO_PRINTER_IP
# or you can pass it directly like Hanmoto.from_network(192.168.1.13)
with hmt:
    sequence = [
        HmtImage("../header.png").center(),
        hmtText("hello hanmoto!").center().bold(),
    ]
    hmt.print_sequence(sequence)