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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: LinuxHata on December 06, 2024, 08:35:01 pm
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Hello.
I bought cheap thermal label printer on temu - Sinmark SK58. Which is ESC/POS compatible, according to the manual.
It works fine, and has USB connection too.
Windows detects it, it can be installed as "generic/text only" and it works.
Hardware id's are: USB\VID_EA62&PID_1115
But google knows nothing about it. I found this: https://www.hsprinter.com/en/PrinterTools.html (https://www.hsprinter.com/en/PrinterTools.html)
"Thermal printer windows test tools" And that software works - you can print barcodes, images, qr codes and plain text on this printer. However, that software does not support using your own fonts, only built-in font.
I tried to install various Zebra printer ESC/POS drivers, but all they print garbage.
Any ideas?
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However, that software does not support using your own fonts, only built-in font.
Note that ESC/POS is a character-oriented command set, not a graphics one, so graphics capabilities are very limited. You can try testing if it supports the raster image command: https://escpos.readthedocs.io/en/latest/imaging.html#d7630
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As I said above, yes it supports image printing.
I'm asking whenever there is a driver for such printers, so they can be used in any windows software, just as "normal" printers, not only as "text only" printers.
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Have you tried an ESC/P2 driver?
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And where to get that driver?
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You rang my bell, I used to be in the thermal printer game.
company website: http://www.jiexinit.cn/?page_id=20041 (http://www.jiexinit.cn/?page_id=20041)
driver link: http://www.jiexinit.cn/?page_id=10151 (http://www.jiexinit.cn/?page_id=10151)
website with another driver download: https://www.f2ctechnology.com/drivers/ (https://www.f2ctechnology.com/drivers/)
let me know if the driver works.
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Thanks a lot, it worked!
But installation is not straightforward - printer is not detected by installer. So I have to go to add printer manually, select matching USB port, browse to installed drivers folder, and select printer from there. I also found that "Xprinter XP-58" drivers can be installed, exactly same way.