From 8763eba86c1687193ee46d7911b2d08ccd2062dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: belono <tiotil.lindeman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:19:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] self-open mechanism through the 'device' property

---
 src/escpos/escpos.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/escpos/escpos.py b/src/escpos/escpos.py
index a679510..fadd4df 100644
--- a/src/escpos/escpos.py
+++ b/src/escpos/escpos.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
     class.
     """
 
-    _device = False
+    _device = False  # False -> Uninitialized
 
     def __init__(self, profile=None, magic_encode_args=None, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Initialize ESCPOS Printer.
@@ -130,9 +130,14 @@ class Escpos(object):
 
     @property
     def device(self):
-        """Implements a self-open mechanism."""
+        """Implements a self-open mechanism.
+
+        An attempt to get the property before open the connection
+        will cause the connection to open.
+        """
         if self._device is False:
             # Open device if not previously opened
+            self._device = None  # None -> Initialized
             self.open()
         return self._device