Hello,
I would like to know if this mini thermal printer can be connected directly into a Raspberry Pi or if I have to use an Arduino shield.
Thanks in advance!
Connect mini thermal printer to the RPi
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Re: Connect mini thermal printer to the RPi
It works with the RasPi: https://learn.adafruit.com/pi-thermal-printer
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Re: Connect mini thermal printer to the RPi
Thank you for the reply. The printer's connectivity is done via serial port. What is the best way to a serial device like this one to the Raspberry Pi?adafruit_support_mike wrote:It works with the RasPi: https://learn.adafruit.com/pi-thermal-printer
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Re: Connect mini thermal printer to the RPi
The RasPi has serial RX/TX pins among its GPIO headers. The tutorial linked above describes how to make the connections.
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