#Arduino library for mini thermal printer#

Components required to experiment with the mini thermal printer

• Thermal Paper roll
• Mini Thermal Prniter
• Power Supply 5v 4A
• Female DC Power Adapter
• Terminal Block
• Jumper Wires Male to Male, Male to Female
• Arduino

###References###

Mini Thermal Product datasheet

####Examples####

• Basic setup

    ThermalPrinter printer(5, 6);
    printer.online();
    printer.reset();
    // do something with printer
  
    printer.offline();
  

• Printing the PC437, PC850 Characters

    ....
    printer.finePrintSettings();
  
    // select PC437 character code
    printer.characterCodeTable(0);
    printer.writeString("PC437 Code Table:");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    for(int i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
      printer.writeCharacter(i);
    }
    printer.lineFeeds(4);
  
    // select  PC850 character code
    printer.characterCodeTable(1);
    printer.writeString("PC850 Code Table:");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    for(int i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
      printer.writeCharacter(i);
    }
    printer.lineFeeds(4);
  

  

• Justify text to left, middle and right

    // align left
    printer.alignMode(LEFT);
    printer.writeString("Left");
    printer.lineFeeds(3);
  
    // align middle
    printer.alignMode(MIDDLE);
    printer.writeString("Middle");
    printer.lineFeeds(3);
  
    //align right
    printer.alignMode(RIGHT);
    printer.writeString("Right");
    printer.lineFeeds(3);
  

  

• Reverse Mode

    printer.reverseMode(true);
  
    printer.writeString("*******************************");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.writeString("This is reverse mode!!! :-) :-)");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.writeString("*******************************");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.reverseMode(false);
  

  

• Character control commands

    printer.bold(true);
    printer.writeString("This is bold text");
    printer.bold(false);
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.writeString("This is normal text");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.underline(1);
    printer.writeString("This is underline 1");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.underline(2);
    printer.writeString("This in underline 2");
    printer.lineFeed();
    printer.underline(0); // no underline
  
    printer.mode(0x10);
    printer.writeString("Double height");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.mode(0x20);
    printer.writeString("Double width");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.mode(0x08);
    printer.writeString("Emphasized text");
    printer.lineFeed();
  

  

• Line spacing (by default a line is 32 dots wide)

    printer.writeString("This is line1");
    printer.lineFeed();
    printer.writeString("This is line2");
    printer.lineFeed();
  
    printer.lineSpacing(64);
    printer.writeString("This is line1");
    printer.lineFeed();
    printer.writeString("This is line2");
    printer.lineFeed();
    printer.defaultLineSpacing();
  

  

• Blank characters to the left of first character on the line

   printer.leftBlankChars(1);
   printer.writeCharacter('A');
   printer.lineFeed();

   printer.leftBlankChars(2);
   printer.writeCharacter('B');
   printer.lineFeed();

   printer.leftBlankChars(3);
   printer.writeCharacter('C');
   printer.lineFeed();

   printer.leftBlankChars(4);
   printer.writeCharacter('D');
   printer.lineFeed();

   printer.leftBlankChars(5);
   printer.writeCharacter('E');
   printer.lineFeed();