Adafruit Mini Thermal Receipt Printer [ADA597]

Add a mini printer to any microcontroller project with this very cute thermal printer. Thermal printers are also known as receipt printers, theyand#39;re what you get when you go to the ATM or grocery store. Now you can embed a little printer of your own into an enclosure. 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! This package comes with a thermal printer including the print head (it does not require ink, a set of power and data cables, and two plastic shims for panel mounting. Thermal paper not included! The printer uses very common 2.25andquot; wide thermal paper , available in any office or stationery supply store. It can fit up to 50 ft of paper in the bay at once. You will also need a 5 to 9VDC regulated power supply, that can provide 1.5A or more during the high-current print - our 5V 2A power supply will work very nicely . We also suggest picking up a roll or two of 50and#39; long thermal paper , and also a 2.1mm jack terminal block adapter which will make it easy to connect the power adapter. We also have a starter pack that includes all the above We really like this printer because its easy to make Bold, underline , inverted text , variable line spacing, left/center/right justification, barcodes in 11 standard formats with adjustable height, and even custom bitmap graphics. Of course, we wouldnand#39;t leave you with a datasheet and a andquot;good luck!andquot; - We have a full tutorial and matching Arduino library that demonstrates the following: Printing with small, medium and large text Bold and underline text Inverted text Variable line spacingLeft, center and right justificationBarcodes in the following standard formats: UPC A, UPC E, E