Fortunately everything is on Fedora repositories.
yum install python-imaging pyserial pyusb python-qrcode
Ultimately, this instructions also apply to Raspbian, in case you are interested to install
python-escpos on your Raspberry with Raspbian.
Install the packages available on distro repositories.
sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-serial
The packages which are not available at Ubuntu repositories need to be installed manually.
sudo pip install pyusb
This is the python module to generate QR Codes
Checkout the latest code from github Build and install it
git clone https://github.com/lincolnloop/python-qrcode
cd python-qrcode
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
Get the Product ID and Vendor ID from the lsusb command
lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1a2b:1a2b Device name
Create a udev rule to let users belonging to dialout group use the printer. You can create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-escpos.rules and add the following:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1a2b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1a2b", MODE="0664", GROUP="dialout"
Replace idVendor and idProduct hex numbers with the ones that you got from the previous step. Note that you can either, add yourself to "dialout" group, or use another group you already belongs instead "dialout" and set it in the GROUP parameter in the above rule.
Restart udev .
sudo service udev restart
Checkout the code or download the latest compressed file of choice and decompress it Change directory to python-escpos and install the package
git clone https://github.com/song940/python-escpos.git
cd python-escpos
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
Enjoy !!!
And please, don't forget to ALWAYS add Epson.cut() at the end of your printing :)
Manuel F Martinez manpaz@bashlinux.com