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+from escpos.printer import Usb
+
+
+# Adapt to your needs
+p = Usb(0x0416, 0x5011, profile="POS-5890")
+
+# Print software and then hardware barcode with the same content
+p.soft_barcode('code39', '123456')
+p.text('\n')
+p.text('\n')
+p.barcode('123456', 'CODE39')