gistfile1.txt

from escpos import *
import requests
import sys
import textwrap
from time import sleep
import twitter

p = escpos.Escpos(7344, 3, 0)

devwidth = 31
pad = " "

def printLine():
	"""
	Print a line across the screen
	"""
	
	for i in range(0,devwidth):
		sendString('#')

def sendString(s):
	p.text(s)
	sys.stdout.write(s)
	
def newLine():
	sendString("\n"+pad)

def printString(txt):
	wrapped = textwrap.wrap(txt,devwidth)
	
	for line in wrapped:
		newLine()
		sendString(line)
	newLine()

try:
	
	t = twitter.Api(
		consumer_key='',
		consumer_secret='',
		access_token_key='',
		access_token_secret=''
	)
	
	latestId = 0
	
	newLine()
	newLine()
	
	while True:
		#Request the twitter API stuff
		
		s = t.GetMentions(since_id=latestId)
		
		s.reverse()
		
		for status in s:
			if status.id > latestId:
				latestId = status.id
			
			printLine()
			printString("Tweet from @{0}".format(status.user.screen_name))
			printString("{0}".format(status.text.encode('ascii', 'ignore')))
			printLine()
			newLine()
			newLine()
			newLine()
			newLine()
			
			sleep(2)
		
		sleep(30)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	print "Shutting down"
	p.__del__()