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# based on https://github.com/amber-sixel/PythonCatPrinter.git
# can be used as a raw postscript printer (a4, one page only) on port 9100
#
# status : curl --location --request GET 'localhost:5000'
#
# curl --location --request POST 'localhost:5000' \
# --form 'image=@"/image.jpg"' \ #optional
# --form 'text="hello world"' \ #optional
# --form 'size="48"' \ #optional
# --form 'font="comic.ttf"' #optional
# --form 'feed="100"' #optional
# --form 'energy="1200"' #optional
import asyncio
import platform
import time
import os
import tempfile
import sys
import traceback
from bleak import BleakClient, BleakScanner
from bleak.exc import BleakError
import select
import socket
from io import BytesIO
import PIL.Image
import PIL.ImageDraw
import PIL.ImageFont
import PIL.ImageChops
import re
from flask import Flask, request
import threading
app = Flask(__name__)
# CRC8 table extracted from APK, pretty standard though
crc8_table = [
0x00, 0x07, 0x0e, 0x09, 0x1c, 0x1b, 0x12, 0x15, 0x38, 0x3f, 0x36, 0x31,
0x24, 0x23, 0x2a, 0x2d, 0x70, 0x77, 0x7e, 0x79, 0x6c, 0x6b, 0x62, 0x65,
0x48, 0x4f, 0x46, 0x41, 0x54, 0x53, 0x5a, 0x5d, 0xe0, 0xe7, 0xee, 0xe9,
0xfc, 0xfb, 0xf2, 0xf5, 0xd8, 0xdf, 0xd6, 0xd1, 0xc4, 0xc3, 0xca, 0xcd,
0x90, 0x97, 0x9e, 0x99, 0x8c, 0x8b, 0x82, 0x85, 0xa8, 0xaf, 0xa6, 0xa1,
0xb4, 0xb3, 0xba, 0xbd, 0xc7, 0xc0, 0xc9, 0xce, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xd5, 0xd2,
0xff, 0xf8, 0xf1, 0xf6, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xed, 0xea, 0xb7, 0xb0, 0xb9, 0xbe,
0xab, 0xac, 0xa5, 0xa2, 0x8f, 0x88, 0x81, 0x86, 0x93, 0x94, 0x9d, 0x9a,
0x27, 0x20, 0x29, 0x2e, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x35, 0x32, 0x1f, 0x18, 0x11, 0x16,
0x03, 0x04, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x57, 0x50, 0x59, 0x5e, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x45, 0x42,
0x6f, 0x68, 0x61, 0x66, 0x73, 0x74, 0x7d, 0x7a, 0x89, 0x8e, 0x87, 0x80,
0x95, 0x92, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0xb1, 0xb6, 0xbf, 0xb8, 0xad, 0xaa, 0xa3, 0xa4,
0xf9, 0xfe, 0xf7, 0xf0, 0xe5, 0xe2, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xc1, 0xc6, 0xcf, 0xc8,
0xdd, 0xda, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x67, 0x60, 0x75, 0x72, 0x7b, 0x7c,
0x51, 0x56, 0x5f, 0x58, 0x4d, 0x4a, 0x43, 0x44, 0x19, 0x1e, 0x17, 0x10,
0x05, 0x02, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x21, 0x26, 0x2f, 0x28, 0x3d, 0x3a, 0x33, 0x34,
0x4e, 0x49, 0x40, 0x47, 0x52, 0x55, 0x5c, 0x5b, 0x76, 0x71, 0x78, 0x7f,
0x6a, 0x6d, 0x64, 0x63, 0x3e, 0x39, 0x30, 0x37, 0x22, 0x25, 0x2c, 0x2b,
0x06, 0x01, 0x08, 0x0f, 0x1a, 0x1d, 0x14, 0x13, 0xae, 0xa9, 0xa0, 0xa7,
0xb2, 0xb5, 0xbc, 0xbb, 0x96, 0x91, 0x98, 0x9f, 0x8a, 0x8d, 0x84, 0x83,
0xde, 0xd9, 0xd0, 0xd7, 0xc2, 0xc5, 0xcc, 0xcb, 0xe6, 0xe1, 0xe8, 0xef,
0xfa, 0xfd, 0xf4, 0xf3
]
def crc8(data):
crc = 0
for byte in data:
crc = crc8_table[(crc ^ byte) & 0xFF]
return crc & 0xFF
# General message format:
# Magic number: 2 bytes 0x51, 0x78
# Command: 1 byte
# 0x00
# Data length: 1 byte
# 0x00
# Data: Data Length bytes
# CRC8 of Data: 1 byte
# 0xFF
def formatMessage(command, data):
data = [ 0x51, 0x78 ] + [command] + [0x00] + [len(data)] + [0x00] + data + [crc8(data)] + [0xFF]
return data
# Commands
RetractPaper = 0xA0 # Data: Number of steps to go back
FeedPaper = 0xA1 # Data: Number of steps to go forward
DrawBitmap = 0xA2 # Data: Line to draw. 0 bit -> don't draw pixel, 1 bit -> draw pixel
GetDevState = 0xA3 # Data: 0
ControlLattice = 0xA6 # Data: Eleven bytes, all constants. One set used before printing, one after.
GetDevInfo = 0xA8 # Data: 0
OtherFeedPaper = 0xBD # Data: one byte, set to a device-specific "Speed" value before printing and to 0x19 before feeding blank paper
DrawingMode = 0xBE # Data: 1 for Text, 0 for Images
SetEnergy = 0xAF # Data: 1 - 0xFFFF
SetQuality = 0xA4 # Data: 0x31 - 0x35. APK always sets 0x33 for GB01
PrintLattice = [ 0xAA, 0x55, 0x17, 0x38, 0x44, 0x5F, 0x5F, 0x5F, 0x44, 0x38, 0x2C ]
FinishLattice = [ 0xAA, 0x55, 0x17, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17 ]
XOff = ( 0x51, 0x78, 0xAE, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x10, 0x70, 0xFF )
XOn = ( 0x51, 0x78, 0xAE, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF )
PrinterWidth = 384
#ImgPrintSpeed = [ 0x23 ]
#BlankSpeed = [ 0x19 ]
ImgPrintSpeed = [ 0x19 ]
BlankSpeed = [ 0x05 ]
PacketLength = 100 # This is the first value I tried; it might be too low
PrinterCharacteristic = "0000AE01-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB"
NotifyCharacteristic = "0000AE02-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB"
device = None
# global flag for flow control signaling, because I don't know the right way to do this
transmit = True
ready = False
status = {}
def detect_printer(detected, advertisement_data):
global device
# This isn't necessarily a great way to detect the printer.
# It's the way the app does it, but the app has an actual UI where you can pick your device from a list.
# Ideally this function would filter for known characteristics, but I don't know how hard that would be or what
# kinds of problems it could cause. For now, I just want to get my printer working.
if detected.name == 'GT01':
device = detected
def notification_handler(sender, data):
global transmit
global status
global ready
print("received notification")
print("{0}: [ {1} ]".format(sender, " ".join("{:02X}".format(x) for x in data)))
if tuple(data) == XOff:
print("Pausing transmission.")
transmit = False
return
if tuple(data) == XOn:
print("Resuming transmission.")
transmit = True
return
if data[2] == GetDevState:
print("printer status byte: {:08b}".format(data[6]))
status = {
"no_paper": True if data[6] & 0b00000001 else False,
"cover_open": True if data[6] & 0b00000010 else False,
"over_temp": True if data[6] & 0b00000100 else False,
"battery_low": True if data[6] & 0b00001000 else False,
}
if data[6] == 0b00000000:
ready = True
else:
ready = False
# xxxxxxx1 no_paper ("No paper.")
# xxxxxx10 paper_positions_open ("Warehouse.")
# xxxxx100 too_hot ("Too hot, please let me take a break.")
# xxxx1000 no_power_please_charge ("I have no electricity, please charge")
# I don't know if multiple status bits can be on at once, but if they are, then iPrint won't detect them.
# In any case, I think the low battery flag is the only one the GB01 uses.
return
async def connect_and_send():
while 1:
try:
global image_queue
print("connecting printer")
global transmit
global ready
scanner = BleakScanner()
scanner.register_detection_callback(detect_printer)
await scanner.start()
for x in range(50):
await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
if device:
break
await scanner.stop()
if not device:
raise BleakError(f"No device named GT01 could be found.")
async with BleakClient(device) as client:
try:
# Set up callback to handle messages from the printer
await client.start_notify(NotifyCharacteristic, notification_handler)
print("printer ready")
while 1:
try:
while(ready == False):
await client.write_gatt_char(PrinterCharacteristic, formatMessage(GetDevState, [0x00]) + formatMessage(ControlLattice, FinishLattice))
await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
data = image_queue.pop(0)
while(data):
print("sending to printer")
# Cut the command stream up into pieces small enough for the printer to handle
await client.write_gatt_char(PrinterCharacteristic, data[:PacketLength])
data = data[PacketLength:]
while not transmit and data:
# Pause transmission per printer request.
# Note: doing it this way does not appear to actually work.
await asyncio.sleep(0)
await asyncio.sleep(0.002)
await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
except IndexError:
await asyncio.sleep(0)
except:
ready = False
traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
except:
ready = False
traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
def drawTestPattern(image_data, feed_amount=0, energy=0x2EE0):
cmdqueue = []
# Ask the printer how it's doing
cmdqueue += formatMessage(GetDevState, [0x00])
# Set quality to standard
cmdqueue += formatMessage(SetQuality, [0x33])
# start and/or set up the lattice, whatever that is
cmdqueue += formatMessage(ControlLattice, PrintLattice)
# Set energy used to a moderate level
cmdqueue += formatMessage(SetEnergy, [energy.to_bytes(2, 'little')[0], energy.to_bytes(2, 'little')[1]])
# Set mode to image mode
cmdqueue += formatMessage(DrawingMode, [0])
# not entirely sure what this does
cmdqueue += formatMessage(OtherFeedPaper, ImgPrintSpeed)
if image_data:
if type(image_data) != PIL.Image.Image: # skip if we already have PIL image
image_data = BytesIO(image_data)
image = PIL.Image.open(image_data)
try:
new_image = PIL.Image.new("RGBA", image.size, "WHITE") # remove transparency and replace with white
new_image.paste(image, (0, 0), image)
image = new_image
except:
pass
else:
image = image_data
if image.width > PrinterWidth:
# image is wider than printer resolution; scale it down proportionately
height = int(image.height * (PrinterWidth / image.width))
image = image.resize((PrinterWidth, height))
# convert image to black-and-white 1bpp color format
image = image.convert("1")
if image.width < PrinterWidth:
# image is narrower than printer resolution; pad it out with white pixels
padded_image = PIL.Image.new("1", (PrinterWidth, image.height), 1)
padded_image.paste(image)
image = padded_image
image = image.rotate(180) #print it so it looks right when spewing out of the mouth
for y in range(0, image.height):
bmp = []
bit = 0
# pack image data into 8 pixels per byte
for x in range(0, image.width):
if bit % 8 == 0:
bmp += [0x00]
bmp[int(bit / 8)] >>= 1
if not image.getpixel((x, y)):
bmp[int(bit / 8)] |= 0x80
else:
bmp[int(bit / 8)] |= 0
bit += 1
cmdqueue += formatMessage(DrawBitmap, bmp)
# Feed extra paper for image to be visible
cmdqueue += formatMessage(OtherFeedPaper, BlankSpeed)
if feed_amount > 0:
cmdqueue += formatMessage(FeedPaper, [feed_amount.to_bytes(2, 'little')[0], feed_amount.to_bytes(2, 'little')[1]])
else:
feed_amount = abs(feed_amount)
cmdqueue += formatMessage(RetractPaper, [feed_amount.to_bytes(2, 'little')[0], feed_amount.to_bytes(2, 'little')[1]])
# iPrint sends another GetDevState request at this point, but we're not staying long enough for an answer
# finish the lattice, whatever that means
cmdqueue += formatMessage(ControlLattice, FinishLattice)
return cmdqueue
image_queue=[]
#image_queue.append(drawTestPattern(sticker.file_id))
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
async def handle_client(client):
global image_queue
print("client connected")
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
client.settimeout(2)
ps = b''
while True:
try:
ready_to_read, ready_to_write, in_error = \
select.select([client,], [client,], [], 5)
except select.error:
client.shutdown(2) # 0 = done receiving, 1 = done sending, 2 = both
client.close()
# connection error event here, maybe reconnect
print('connection closed')
break
new_data = await loop.sock_recv(client, 1024)
if b"%!PS" in new_data:
new_data = b"%!PS" + new_data.split(b"%!PS")[-1]
ps += new_data
if new_data:
print("received some bytes on the socket")
else:
client.shutdown(2)
client.close()
print('empty receive')
break
if b"%%BoundingBox" not in ps:
ps = ps.replace(b"\n", b"\n%%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842\n",1) # hack in bounding box if not found
ps = re.sub(b"\x1b.*?\x0a", b"", ps)
ps = re.sub(b"@PJL.*?\x0a", b"", ps)
ps = re.sub(b"\x1b.*?$", b"", ps)
print("adding job to queue")
# try:
image_queue.append(drawTestPattern(ps))
# except:
# pass
async def run_server():
print("server starting")
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.bind(('localhost', 9100))
server.listen(8)
server.setblocking(False)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
print("server ready")
while True:
client, _ = await loop.sock_accept(server)
loop.create_task(handle_client(client))
async def get_status():
global image_queue
while 1:
await asyncio.sleep(5)
print("getting status")
image_queue.append(formatMessage(GetDevState, [0x00]) + formatMessage(ControlLattice, FinishLattice))
async def main():
# Schedule three calls *concurrently*:
L = await asyncio.gather(
run_server(),
connect_and_send(),
get_status()
)
def get_wrapped_text(text: str, font: PIL.ImageFont.ImageFont,
line_length: int):
lines = ['']
for word in text.split():
line = f'{lines[-1]} {word}'.strip()
if font.getlength(line) <= line_length:
lines[-1] = line
else:
lines.append(word)
return '\n'.join(lines)
def trim(im):
bg = PIL.Image.new(im.mode, im.size, (255,255,255))
diff = PIL.ImageChops.difference(im, bg)
diff = PIL.ImageChops.add(diff, diff, 2.0)
bbox = diff.getbbox()
if bbox:
return im.crop((bbox[0],bbox[1],bbox[2],bbox[3]+10)) # don't cut off the end of the image
def create_text(text, font_name="lucon.ttf", font_size=12):
img = PIL.Image.new('RGB', (PrinterWidth, 5000), color = (255, 255, 255))
font = PIL.ImageFont.truetype(font_name, font_size)
d = PIL.ImageDraw.Draw(img)
lines = []
for line in text.splitlines():
lines.append(get_wrapped_text(line, font, PrinterWidth))
lines = "\n".join(lines)
d.text((0,0), lines, fill=(0,0,0), font=font)
return trim(img)
@app.route("/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def http_server_upload():
global image_queue, ready, device, status
if request.method == 'POST':
if 'energy' in request.form:
energy = int(request.form['energy'])
else:
energy = 17000
if 'feed' in request.form:
feed = int(request.form['feed']) # feed amount
else:
feed = 0
if 'image' in request.files:
f = request.files['image']
image_queue.append(drawTestPattern(f.read(), 0, energy))
if 'text' in request.form:
image_queue.append(drawTestPattern(
create_text(
request.form['text'],
request.form["font"] if "font" in request.form else "lucon.ttf",
int(request.form["size"]) if "size" in request.form else 20
), 0, energy
))
image_queue.append(drawTestPattern(None, feed)) # just feed
return "Sent to printer queue"
else:
return {
"transmit": transmit,
"ready": ready,
"address": device.address,
"status" : status
}
threading.Thread(target=app.run).start()
asyncio.run(main())
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yene commented Apr 27, 2022

@xssfox how did you come up with the printer width 384?

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