ReceiptPrinter

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• centerAlign
• leftAlign
• rightAlign
• leftMargin
• lineHeight
• text
• twoColumnText
• barcode
• line
• doubleLine
• close
• cut
• feed

Rawilk\Printing\Receipts\ReceiptPrinter

ReceiptPrinter is actually a wrapper around Mike42\Escpos\Printer. Most method calls are sent to that class if they are not found on ReceiptPrinter. Some methods on this class have also been added to make interacting with it more convenient.

#centerAlign

/**
 * Center align any new text.
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function centerAlign(): self;

#leftAlign

/**
 * Left align any new text
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function leftAlign(): self;

#rightAlign

/**
 * Right align any new text.
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function rightAlign(): self;

#leftMargin

/**
 * Set the left margin for any new text. 
 *
 * @param int $margin
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function leftMargin(int $margin = 0): self;

#lineHeight

/**
 * Set the line height for any new text.
 *
 * @param int|null $height
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function lineHeight(int $height = null): self;

#text

/**
 * Write a line of text to the receipt.
 *
 * @param string $text
 * @param bool $insertNewLine Set to true to insert a new line character at the end of your string.
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function text(string $text, bool $insertNewLine = true): self;

#twoColumnText

/**
 * Insert a line of text split into two columns, left and right justified.
 * Useful for stuff like writing a line item and its price on a line.
 *
 * @param string $left
 * @param string $right
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function twoColumnText(string $left, string $right): self;

#barcode

/**
 * Print a barcode to the receipt.
 *
 * @param string|mixed $barcodeContent
 * @param int $type
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function barcode($barcodeContent, int $type = \Mike42\Escpos\Printer::BARCODE_CODE39): self;

#line

/**
 * Print a line across the receipt using the "-" character.
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function line(): self;

#doubleLine

/**
 * Print a line across the receipt using the "=" character. 
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function doubleLine(): self;

#close

/**
 * Close the connection to the receipt printer (this package used a DummyConnection).
 * This is automatically called for you.
 *
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function close(): self;

#cut

/**
 * Instruct the receipt printer to cut the paper.
 * Can be called multiple times.
 *
 * @param int $mode
 * @param int $lines
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function cut(int $mode = \Mike42\Escpos\Printer::CUT_FULL, int $lines = 3): self;

#feed

/**
 * Feed an empty line(s) to the receipt printer.
 *
 * @param int $lines = 1
 * @return ReceiptPrinter
 */
public function feed(int $lines = 1): self;

{tip} Any methods not listed here can be found in the underlying Printer class.