windows 10 how to?

[stonewjr]

run in windows10
copy testfile "\\LAPTOP-QV366NUQ\Receipt Printer" ok
but run examples\simple.rs no error and printer not things happened?
no error and no message ...

[mdennyh]

The author clearly doesn't provide a working sample to a printer. so here's one:

extern crate escposify;
extern crate tempfile;
use std::fs;
use std::io;

use escposify::device::File;
use escposify::printer::Printer;


fn main() -> io::Result<()> {

    // after you shares your printer, use the following code
    // the IP is the your computer's IP address
    // "Receipt Printer" is the shared name of your printer 
    // (check the control panel -> devices and printer)
    let path = "//192.168.100.8/Receipt Printer";

    // create a file and send it to the printer's path
    // if the path is not available/error you should handle it here.
    let file = File::<fs::File>::from_path(path)?;

    // prepare the variable
    let mut printer = Printer::new(file, None, None);

    printer
        .chain_font("C")?
        .chain_align("lt")?
        .chain_style("bu")?
        .chain_size(0, 0)?
        .chain_text("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog")?
        .chain_text("敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过懒狗")?
        .chain_barcode("12345678", "EAN8", "", "", 0, 0)?
        .chain_feed(1)?
        .chain_cut(false)?
        .flush()
}

[yooouuri]

@mdennyh how to do the same for a USB printer for Mac OS?

[mdennyh]

I haven't try to use it in MacOS. But I believe it should be the same. This depends on escposify::device::File; which is a wrapper for std::fs::File. As long as your printer can receive a text file as direct input it should be fine.

But the problem with Apple devices is that it might not be that simple. Apple use bonjour as its print service (https://www.macworld.com/article/189499/macwinprint.html). If you can manage to print from windows to printer on the MacOS, then you can use this package too using the same printer URI