From 9bc3b30a6097326cdac6fbcb6d5c4c9430c75847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romain Porte <microjoe@microjoe.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:50:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Optional feed for cut (closes #213)

---
 src/escpos/escpos.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/escpos/escpos.py b/src/escpos/escpos.py
index ec4df3b..64e8e05 100644
--- a/src/escpos/escpos.py
+++ b/src/escpos/escpos.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class Escpos(object):
 
         self._raw(LINESPACING_FUNCS[divisor] + six.int2byte(spacing))
 
-    def cut(self, mode='FULL'):
+    def cut(self, mode='FULL', feed=True):
         """ Cut paper.
 
         Without any arguments the paper will be cut completely. With 'mode=PART' a partial cut will
@@ -584,9 +584,11 @@ class Escpos(object):
         .. todo:: Check this function on TM-T88II.
 
         :param mode: set to 'PART' for a partial cut. default: 'FULL'
+        :param feed: print and feed before cutting. default: true
         :raises ValueError: if mode not in ('FULL', 'PART')
         """
-        self.print_and_feed(6)
+        if feed:
+            self.print_and_feed(6)
 
         mode = mode.upper()
         if mode not in ('FULL', 'PART'):

From 9e47ff2505d83469d589b90e50490863a04d4d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romain Porte <microjoe@microjoe.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 11:11:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added test for cut without feed, fixed raw code for it

---
 src/escpos/escpos.py      |  8 ++++++--
 test/test_function_cut.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/test_function_cut.py

diff --git a/src/escpos/escpos.py b/src/escpos/escpos.py
index 64e8e05..ef2c026 100644
--- a/src/escpos/escpos.py
+++ b/src/escpos/escpos.py
@@ -587,8 +587,12 @@ class Escpos(object):
         :param feed: print and feed before cutting. default: true
         :raises ValueError: if mode not in ('FULL', 'PART')
         """
-        if feed:
-            self.print_and_feed(6)
+
+        if not feed:
+            self._raw(GS + b'V' + six.int2byte(66) + b'\x00')
+            return
+
+        self.print_and_feed(6)
 
         mode = mode.upper()
         if mode not in ('FULL', 'PART'):
diff --git a/test/test_function_cut.py b/test/test_function_cut.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d485e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_function_cut.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import six
+
+import escpos.printer as printer
+from escpos.constants import GS
+
+
+def test_cut_without_feed():
+    """Test cut without feeding paper"""
+    instance = printer.Dummy()
+    instance.cut(feed=False)
+    expected = GS + b'V' + six.int2byte(66) + b'\x00'
+    assert(instance.output == expected)