Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer Interface Reference

Inheritance diagram for Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer:

Public Member Functions
	flush ()
	getPrinter ()
	setPrinter (Printer $printer=null)
	writeText ($text)
	writeTextRaw ($text)

Detailed Description

Print buffers manage newlines and character encoding for the target printer. They are used as a swappable component: text or image-based output.

• Text output (EscposPrintBuffer) is the fast default, and is recommended for most people, as the text output can be more directly manipulated by ESC/POS commands.
• Image output (ImagePrintBuffer) is designed to accept more encodings than the physical printer supports, by rendering the text to small images on-the-fly. This takes a lot more CPU than sending text, but is necessary for some users.
• If your use case fits outside these, then a further speed/flexibility trade-off can be made by printing directly from generated HTML or PDF.

Member Function Documentation

Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer::flush

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)

Cause the buffer to send any partial input and wait on a newline. If the printer is already on a new line, this does nothing.

Implemented in Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\EscposPrintBuffer, and Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\ImagePrintBuffer.

Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer::getPrinter

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)

Used by Escpos to check if a printer is set.

Implemented in Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\EscposPrintBuffer, and Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\ImagePrintBuffer.

Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer::setPrinter

(

Printer

$printer = null

)

Used by Escpos to hook up one-to-one link between buffers and printers.

Parameters

Printer | null

$printer

New printer

Implemented in Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\EscposPrintBuffer, and Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\ImagePrintBuffer.

Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer::writeText

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$text

)

Accept UTF-8 text for printing.

Parameters

string

$text

Text to print

Implemented in Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\EscposPrintBuffer, and Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\ImagePrintBuffer.

Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\PrintBuffer::writeTextRaw

(

$text

)

Accept 8-bit text in the current encoding and add it to the buffer.

Parameters

string

$text

Text to print, already the target encoding.

Implemented in Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\EscposPrintBuffer, and Mike42\Escpos\PrintBuffers\ImagePrintBuffer.

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