This is a Python library for controlling the Apple ImageWriter II printer.
It is not a 100% complete command set, but includes a number of commonly used commands for printing text and images. If there are any additional commands you would like to see support for, feel free to post in the GitHub issues list.
This library currently does not support color ribbons.
Documentation does not exist yet so you will have to look at the code and the examples in imagewriter/tests.
You construct an imagewriter.ImageWriterII with, at minimum, the name or path of the
serial port the printer is attached to. You can do it like this:
printer = ImageWriterII("/dev/ttyUSB0") # or say "COM2" on Windows, etc.
# do stuff
printer.close()
Or you can use it as a context manager, in which case close will be called automatically:
with ImageWriterII("/dev/ttyUSB0") as printer:
...
By default the printer is opened at 9600 baud but you can specify different
baud rates with the baud keyword argument to the constructor, just make sure
it matches the DIP switch settings on the printer.
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GitHub repository: https://github.com/JC3/imagewriter-ii/