diff --git a/test/test_printer_file.py b/test/test_printer_file.py
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--- a/test/test_printer_file.py
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-#!/usr/bin/python
-#  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""tests for the File printer
-
-:author: `Patrick Kanzler <dev@pkanzler.de>`_
-:organization: `python-escpos <https://github.com/python-escpos>`_
-:copyright: Copyright (c) 2016 `python-escpos <https://github.com/python-escpos>`_
-:license: MIT
-"""
-
-
-import pytest
-import six
-from hypothesis import given, settings
-from hypothesis.strategies import text
-
-import escpos.printer as printer
-
-if six.PY3:
-    mock_open_call = "builtins.open"
-else:
-    mock_open_call = "__builtin__.open"
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip("this test is broken and has to be fixed or discarded")
-@given(path=text())
-def test_load_file_printer(mocker, path):
-    """test the loading of the file-printer"""
-    mock_escpos = mocker.patch("escpos.escpos.Escpos.__init__")
-    mock_open = mocker.patch(mock_open_call)
-    printer.File(devfile=path)
-    assert mock_escpos.called
-    mock_open.assert_called_with(path, "wb")
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip("this test is broken and has to be fixed or discarded")
-@given(txt=text())
-def test_auto_flush(mocker, txt):
-    """test auto_flush in file-printer"""
-    mock_escpos = mocker.patch("escpos.escpos.Escpos.__init__")
-    mock_open = mocker.patch(mock_open_call)
-    mock_device = mocker.patch.object(printer.File, "device")
-
-    p = printer.File(auto_flush=False)
-    # inject the mocked device-object
-    p.device = mock_device
-    p._raw(txt)
-    assert not mock_device.flush.called
-    mock_device.reset_mock()
-    p = printer.File(auto_flush=True)
-    # inject the mocked device-object
-    p.device = mock_device
-    p._raw(txt)
-    assert mock_device.flush.called
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip("this test is broken and has to be fixed or discarded")
-@given(txt=text())
-def test_flush_on_close(mocker, txt):
-    """test flush on close in file-printer"""
-    mock_open = mocker.patch(mock_open_call)
-    mock_device = mocker.patch.object(printer.File, "device")
-
-    p = printer.File(auto_flush=False)
-    # inject the mocked device-object
-    p.device = mock_device
-    p._raw(txt)
-    assert not mock_device.flush.called
-    p.close()
-    assert mock_device.flush.called
-    assert mock_device.close.called
diff --git a/test/test_printer_network.py b/test/test_printer_network.py
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--- a/test/test_printer_network.py
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-#!/usr/bin/python
-
-import socket
-
-import mock
-import pytest
-
-import escpos.printer as printer
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def instance():
-    socket.socket.connect = mock.Mock()
-    return printer.Network("localhost")
-
-
-def test_close_without_open(instance):
-    """try to close without opening (should fail gracefully)
-
-    Currently we never open from our fixture, so calling close once
-    should be enough. In the future this might not be enough,
-    therefore we have to close twice in order to provoke an error
-    (if possible, this should not raise)
-    """
-    instance.close()
-    instance.close()