# Clone the repository.
$ git clone [email protected]:rbaron/catprinter.git
$ cd catprinter
# Create a virtualenv on venv/ and activate it.
$ virtualenv --python=python3 venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
# Install requirements from requirements.txt.
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ ./print.py --help
usage: print.py [-h] [-l {debug,info,warn,error}]
                [-b {mean-threshold,floyd-steinberg,halftone,none}] [-s]
                [-d DEVICE] [-t]
                filename

prints an image on your cat thermal printer

positional arguments:
  filename

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l {debug,info,warn,error}, --log-level {debug,info,warn,error}
  -b {mean-threshold,floyd-steinberg,halftone,none}, --img-binarization-algo {mean-threshold,floyd-steinberg,halftone,none}
                        Which image binarization algorithm to use. If 'none'
                        is used, no binarization will be used. In this case
                        the image has to have a width of 384 px.
  -s, --show-preview    If set, displays the final image and asks the user for
                        confirmation before printing.
  -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
                        The printer's Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) address (MAC
                        address on Linux; UUID on macOS) or advertisement name
                        (e.g.: "GT01", "GB02", "GB03"). If omitted, the the
                        script will try to auto discover the printer based on
                        its advertised BLE services.
  -t, --darker          Print the image in text mode. This leads to more
                        contrast, but slower speed.

% ./print.py --show-preview test.png
⏳ Applying Floyd-Steinberg dithering to image...
✅ Done.
ℹ️ Displaying preview.
🤔 Go ahead with print? [Y/n]?
✅ Read image: (42, 384) (h, w) pixels
✅ Generated BLE commands: 2353 bytes
⏳ Looking for a BLE device named GT01...
✅ Got it. Address: 09480C21-65B5-477B-B475-C797CD0D6B1C: GT01
⏳ Connecting to 09480C21-65B5-477B-B475-C797CD0D6B1C: GT01...
✅ Connected: True; MTU: 104
⏳ Sending 2353 bytes of data in chunks of 101 bytes...
✅ Done.