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DOC improve doc on network printing

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Patrick Kanzler 2016-01-17 16:00:03 +01:00
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escpos/printer.py
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@ -139,7 +139,17 @@ class Network(Escpos):
""" Network printer
This class is used to attach to a networked printer. You can also use this in order to attach to a printer that
is forwarded with `netcat`.
is forwarded with ``socat``.
If you have a local printer on parallel port ``/dev/usb/lp0`` then you could start ``socat`` with:
.. code-block:: none
socat -u TCP4-LISTEN:4242,reuseaddr,fork OPEN:/dev/usb/lp0
Then you should be able to attach to port ``4242`` with this class.
Otherwise the normal usecase would be to have a printer with ethernet interface. This type of printer should
work the same with this class. For the address of the printer check its manuals.
"""
def __init__(self, host, port=9100, *args, **kwargs):
@ -154,7 +164,7 @@ class Network(Escpos):
self.open()
def open(self):
""" Open TCP socket and set it as escpos device """
""" Open TCP socket with ``socket``-library and set it as escpos device """
self.device = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
self.device.connect((self.host, self.port))