#text printing

#!/bin/bash

# Script to print formatted text from clipboard to a thermal printer

# Check for the presence of xclip
if ! command -v xclip &>/dev/null; then
  echo "xclip could not be found."
  exit 1
fi

# Get clipboard content using xclip
clipboard_content="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)" 

# Escape % to prevent printf interpretation
escaped_content=$(sed 's/%/%%/g' <<<"$clipboard_content") 

# Convert the encoding while suppressing the specific 'iconv' error
converted_text=$(iconv -f UTF-8 -t CP850//TRANSLIT//IGNORE <<<"$escaped_content" 2>/dev/null)

# Print the formatted text to the thermal printer
if ! printf '\x1B\x40\x1B\x21\x08\x1B\x61\x01%s\x0A\x0A\x0A\x1B\x69' "$converted_text" | lp -d thermal -o raw; then
  echo "Failed to print. Please check the printer and its configuration."
  exit 1
fi

#reverse white printing

#!/bin/bash

if ! command -v xclip &>/dev/null; then
  echo "xclip could not be found."
  exit 1
fi

clipboard_content="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)" 

escaped_content=$(sed 's/%/%%/g' <<<"$clipboard_content") 

converted_text=$(iconv -f UTF-8 -t CP850//TRANSLIT//IGNORE <<<"$escaped_content" 2>/dev/null)

if ! printf '\x1A\x5B\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x40\x02\xB0\x04\x00\x1A\x54\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x18\x00\x04\x00%s\x00\x1A\x5D\x00\x1A\x4F\x00\x1B\x69' "$converted_text" | lp -d thermal -o raw; then
  echo "Failed to print. Please check the printer and its configuration."
  exit 1
fi

URL: https://ib.bsb.br/thermal