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Virtual Epson Printer

Oliver Schmidt edited this page Feb 2, 2021 · 6 revisions

Install all prerequisites of the virtual Epson printer with

sudo apt install git libpng-dev imagemagick libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libhpdf-dev

Download the virtual Epson printer, build it and install it with

sudo git clone https://github.com/RWAP/PrinterToPDF /usr/local/src/PrinterToPDF
sudo make -C /usr/local/src/PrinterToPDF prefix=/usr/local install

Now you can convert <my_file> containing Epson printer data into a PDF document placed in /home/pi/pdf with

printerToPDF -o /home/pi -f font2/Epson-Standard.C16 <my_file>

Find more information in the PrinterToPDF README.

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