ESC/POS printer emulation

hw_escpos

  • apply patch

    cd /path/to/odoo/

# odoo 10
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itpp-labs/odoo-test-docs/master/tools/hw_escpos-patch/hw_escpos-10.patch > hw_escpos.patch

# odoo 9
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itpp-labs/odoo-test-docs/master/tools/master/docs/debugging/hw_escpos-patch/hw_escpos-9.patch > hw_escpos.patch

git apply hw_escpos.patch

  • install hw_escpos on odoo

  • run a separate odoo with following args:

    -d DB_WITH_HW_ESCPOS --db-filter=DB_WITH_HW_ESCPOS --xmlrpc-port=8888 --workers=0

  • in new terminal run

tail -f /tmp/printer

On printing:

  • some binary data is sent to /tmp/printer

  • odoo prints logs with unparsed data

POS

At any database (including one on runbot as well as database where you have installed hw_escpos):

  • set Receipt printer checkbox in pos.config and set ip equal to 127.0.0.1:8888

  • open POS interface

    Warning

    for some reason printer emulation doesn’t work in debug mode

  • print ticket