Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: StarTSPImage
Version: 0.2.5
Summary: Creates Star graphics mode raster images for use with Star TSP series thermal printers
Home-page: https://github.com/geftactics/python-StarTSPImage
Author: Geoff Kendal
Author-email: Geoff@squiggle.org
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/geftactics/python-StarTSPImage/archive/0.2.5.tar.gz
Description: # python-StarTSPImage
        
        **Print from Python to Star TSP100/143/650/654**
        
        Star TSP100/TSP143 printers do not have any font sets etc on board the printer, so any data being sent directly to the printer must first be converted into a raster image using the appropriate graphic mode commands. (Star do provide a driver that emulates Star line mode commands, but we can't use this if we want to interact directly with the printer)
        
        This project will take an image file (Either as a PIL image, or from file on disk), scale it to the appropriate width for the printer, and then create a binary output of the graphic mode raster commands, which then can be sent directly to the device. You could use `Pillow` or `imgkit` to programmatically build images.
        
        For more detailed reading, you can find the graphic mode command manual at: http://www.starasia.com/Download/Manual/star_graphic_cm_en.pdf
        
        ## Installing
        `pip install StarTSPImage`
        
        ## Examples
        
        Print a file from disk:
        ```
        import StarTSPImage
        
        raster = StarTSPImage.imageFileToRaster('file.bmp')
        
        printer = open('/dev/usb/lp0', 'wb')
        printer.write(raster)
        ```
        
        
        Create a PIL image and print:
        ```
        import StarTSPImage
        from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
        
        image = Image.new('RGB', (500, 500), color='White')
        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
        draw.ellipse((0, 0, 500, 500), fill='Black')
        
        raster = StarTSPImage.imageToRaster(image)
        
        printer = open('/dev/usb/lp0', "wb")
        printer.write(raster)
        ```
        
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