# ReceiptPrinterEncoder
**Formally known as EscPosEncoder, StarPrntEncoder and ThermalPrinterEncoder**

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Create a set of commands that can be send to any receipt printer that supports ESC/POS, StarLine or StarPRNT.

- [About ReceiptPrinterEncoder](README.md)
- [Usage and installation](documentation/usage.md)
- [Configuration options](documentation/configuration.md)
- [Handling text](documentation/text.md)
- [Commands for creating receipts](documentation/commands.md)
- [Printing receipts](documentation/printing.md)
- [Changes from version 2 to version 3](documentation/changes.md)

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> This library is part of [@point-of-sale](https://point-of-sale.dev), a collection of libraries for interfacing browsers and Node with Point of Sale devices such as receipt printers, barcode scanners and customer facing displays.

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## About ReceiptPrinterEncoder

This library allows you to run commands to add content, such as text, images and barcodes to a receipt and encode that content to ESC/POS, StarLine and StarPRNT commands. 

```js
let encoder = new ReceiptPrinterEncoder();

let result = encoder
    .line('The is the first line')
    .line('And this is the second')
    .encode()

/* To do: send result to the printer */
```

Once you have the encoded commands you need a method to send those commands to the receipt printer - to actually print the receipt. And for that we have a list of sister libraries.

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This library has been created by Niels Leenheer under the [MIT license](LICENSE). Feel free to use it in your products. The  development of this library is sponsored by Salonhub.

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