Driver for thermal printer using serial communication like http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10438. This is port from arduino library available at http://bildr.org/2011/08/thermal-printer-arduino/

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Thermal.h

00001 /*
00002  Copyright (c) 2010 bildr community
00003  Ported to mbed by mimilowns
00004 
00005  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
00006  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
00007  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
00008  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
00009  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
00010  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
00011 
00012  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
00013  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
00014 
00015  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
00016  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
00017  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
00018  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
00019  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
00020  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
00021  THE SOFTWARE.
00022 */
00023 
00024 #ifndef Thermal_h
00025 #define Thermal_h
00026 
00027 #include "mbed.h"
00028 
00029 
00030 
00031 class Thermal : public Serial
00032 
00033 {
00034 
00035   public:
00036     Thermal(PinName tx, PinName rx, int baud = 9600);
00037     
00038     void setDefault();
00039     void test();
00040 
00041 
00042 
00043     void inverseOn();
00044     void inverseOff();
00045     void doubleHeightOn();
00046     void doubleHeightOff();
00047     void boldOn();
00048     void boldOff();
00049     void underlineOn();
00050     void underlineOff();
00051 
00052 
00053 
00054     void justify(char value);
00055     void feed(uint8_t x = 1);
00056     void sleep();
00057     void wake();
00058 
00059 
00060 
00061     void setCharSpacing(int spacing);
00062     void setSize(char value);
00063     void setLineHeight(int val = 32);
00064 
00065 
00066 
00067     void printBarcode(char * text);
00068     void printFancyBarcode(char * text);
00069     void setBarcodeHeight(int val);
00070 
00071 
00072 
00073     void printBitmap(uint8_t w, uint8_t h,  const uint8_t *bitmap);
00074 
00075     // ??
00076     void tab();
00077 
00078 
00079 
00080     void setHeatTime(int vHeatTime);
00081 
00082     void setHeatInterval(int vHeatInterval);
00083 
00084     void setPrintDensity(char vPrintDensity);
00085 
00086     void setPrintBreakTime(char vPrintBreakTime);
00087 
00088     
00089   private:
00090     bool linefeedneeded;
00091 
00092 
00093     // little helpers to make code easier to read&use
00094     void writeBytes(uint8_t a, uint8_t b);
00095     void writeBytes(uint8_t a, uint8_t b, uint8_t c);
00096     void writeBytes(uint8_t a, uint8_t b, uint8_t c, uint8_t d);
00097     
00098     // port from arduino serial to mbed serial
00099     void write(uint8_t a);
00100     void delay(uint8_t a);
00101 
00102     int zero;
00103 
00104 
00105     int heatTime;
00106     int heatInterval;
00107     char printDensity;
00108     char printBreakTime;
00109 };
00110 
00111 #endif