#+TITLE:Thermal Printer Converter
I bought a ~Zijiang-ZJ-58~ from Amazon, but found that the existing Linux software did not print in the correct format, or not how I wanted. These scripts output in the ESCPOS format, which is what the printer uses internally.

* TODO Setup
[[http://scruss.com/blog/2015/07/12/thermal-printer-driver-for-cups-linux-and-raspberry-pi-zj-58/][Article]]
[[https://github.com/klirichek/zj-58][Driver]]

#+BEGIN_SRC sh
sudo apt install build-essential cmake libcups2-dev libcupsimage2-dev
sudo apt install -y system-config-printer
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[[https://www.techrepublic.com/article/control-printers-in-linux-from-the-command-line/][Command line operation]]
* Use
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
python3 TermalPrinterConverter.py
./printOutput.sh
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