{"product_id":"thermal-receipt-printer-guts-discontinued","title":"Thermal Receipt Printer Guts [discontinued]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdd printing capability to any microcontroller project with \u003cstrong\u003ejust the innards of a thermal printer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thermal printers are also known as receipt printers, they're what you get when you go to the ATM or grocery store. Now you can embed a little printer of your own into a custom enclosure of your choosing. This printer is ideal for interfacing with a microcontroller, you simply need a 3.3V-5V TTL serial output from your microcontroller to print text, barcodes, bitmap graphics, even a QR code!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the super hackable version! All that's included is the guts of a thermal printer: the motor\/heater with a flex cable and a control board with a chip that will take your serial commands and use them to drive the motor \u0026amp; heater. You also get a TTL cable and a 33' roll of thermal paper. You'll likely want to design some sort of enclosure for it, especially since its a little challenging to line up the paper so it feeds through straight. That said, because there's no paper bay you can use as little or as much paper as you like, heck you can even feed in a mobius strip!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo power it, supply the VH pin with 5-9VDC. 5V can be a little dim, 7.5V-9VDC will give you nice dark printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe really like this printer because its easy to make \u003cstrong\u003eBold, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cu\u003eunderline\u003c\/u\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"background: black; color: white;\"\u003e inverted text\u003c\/span\u003e, variable line spacing, left\/center\/right justification, barcodes in 11 standard formats with adjustable height, and even \u003cstrong\u003ecustom bitmap graphics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course, we wouldn't leave you with a datasheet and a \"good luck!\" - We have a full tutorial and matching Arduino library that demonstrates the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinting with small, \u003cspan class=\"style7\"\u003emedium\u003c\/span\u003e and\u003cspan class=\"style6\"\u003e large \u003c\/span\u003etext\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBold \u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cu\u003eunderline\u003c\/u\u003e text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: black; color: white;\"\u003eInverted text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariable line spacing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft, center and right justification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarcodes in the following standard formats: \u003cstrong\u003eUPC A, UPC E, EAN13, EAN8, CODE39, I25, CODABAR, CODE93, CODE128, CODE11\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMSI\u003c\/strong\u003e - with adjustable barcode height\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustom monochrome bitmap graphics!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to include a QR code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-technical-details-content\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRated Power Voltage: 5-9VDC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested Power Voltage: 7.4VDC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMax Current draw: 2.5A (spike)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTTL Serial Interface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul id=\"product-files\"\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-2 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48623666430170,"sku":"bsa1789675124338","price":40.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/8318\/3834\/files\/thermal-receipt-printer-guts-discontinued_1.jpg?v=1789675128","url":"https:\/\/memoryfoamwear.shop\/products\/thermal-receipt-printer-guts-discontinued","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}