This plugin enables Plover users to print "steno Polaroids" by printing stenographic and translated output to a generic thermal receipt tape printer (ESCPOS).
This plugin is not currently on the official Plugin Manager.
- Make sure you have libusb installed:
brew install libusb. - Clone the repository.
- cd into directory.
pip3 install . --user --no-cache-dir- Restart Plover.
- Launch Plover and click on "Polaroid."
- Check settings, choose mode, and start writing.
- idVendor is the Vendor ID
- VendorID is the Vendor ID
- ProdID is the Product ID
- in_ep is the input end point (default = 0x82) but my printer model takes 0x81
- out_ep is the output end point (default = 0x01) but my printer model takes 0x3
These values can be found out by going into Apple menu => About This Mac => System Report and finding the printer on the list of USB devices. Should look something like this::
Product ID: 0x5011 Vendor ID: 0x0416 (Winbond Electronics Corp.) Version: 2.00 Serial Number: Printer Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: STMicroelectronics Location ID: 0x14500000 / 48 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 100 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
FYI: I'm using the MUNBYN IMP017 58MM Bluetooth Thermal Receipt Printer. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N86R5RB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
There are, however, cheaper options: https://www.amazon.com/TEROW-Portable-Printing-Compatible-Commands/dp/B07848ZBXT/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=thermal+receipt+printer&qid=1566570223&s=gateway&sr=8-9 https://www.amazon.com/Aibecy-Portable-Wireless-Printing-Compatible/dp/B06VXPLLMQ/ref=sr_1_38?keywords=thermal+receipt+printer&qid=1566570320&s=gateway&sr=8-38
This plugin is licensed under GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+).
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