Thermal Printer compatible with Arduino®

This thermal printer is ideal for interfacing with a microcontroller such as an Arduino, you simply need a 3.3V-5V TTL serial output from your microcontroller to print text, barcodes, bitmap graphics, even a QR code!

For interfacing with a computer, you will need an usb to serial converter such as an FTDI breakout board.

Note: Please use decoupling capacitor around 100uf (electrolytic capacitor).

Technical Details

• Requires 2.25″ wide, 50 ft or shorter thermal paper
• Requires 5-9VDC @ 1.5Amp power supply during print
• Printing Speed: 50-80mm/s
• Resolution: 8 dots/mm, 384 dots/line
• Effective Printing Width: 48mm
• Character Set: ASCII,GB2312-80(Chinese)
• Print Font: ANK:5×7, Chinese: 12×24,24×24
• Paper Type: Thermal paper
• Paper Width: 57.5 ±0.5mm
• Paper Roll Diameter: max 39mm
• Protocol: TTL Serial, 19200 baud
• Mean Cycles Before Failure: 5 million lines
• Power Supply (Adapter): DC5V-9V
• Outline Dimension (WxDxH): 111x65x57mm
• Installation Port Size: 103 x 57mm
• Color: Black
• Operating Temp: 5°C ~ 50°C
• Operating Humidity: 10% ~ 80%
• Storage Temp: -20°C ~ 60°C
• Storage Humidity: 10% ~ 90%

Downloads:

• Arduino Thermal Printer library . To download. click the DOWNLOADS button in the bar, rename the uncompressed folder Thermal. Check that the Thermal folder contains Thermal.cpp and Thermal.h. Place the Thermal library folder in your /libraries/ folder. You may need to create the libraries subfolder if its your first library. Restart the IDE.
• NewSoftSerial library – required for the Thermal library. Download and install it as you did the Thermal library. Restart the IDE.
• LCD Assistant – bitmap converter
• Printer User Manual
• Printer Product sheet

Tutorial: Thermal Printer