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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"QAPage","mainEntity":{"@type":"Question","name":"Printing to a ESCPOS shared printer in W10","text":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIs it possible to print to a ESCPOS printer being shared by another pc (W10)?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePC1 has ESCPOS printer connected to it by USB. PC1 shares this printer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIs it possible for a PC2 to print to this printer using this library?\u003c/p\u003e","upvoteCount":1,"answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eHi \u003ca class=\"user-mention notranslate\" data-hovercard-type=\"user\" data-hovercard-url=\"/users/pruifernandes/hovercard\" data-octo-click=\"hovercard-link-click\" data-octo-dimensions=\"link_type:self\" href=\"https://github.com/pruifernandes\"\u003e@pruifernandes\u003c/a\u003e !\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eYes, it is possible thanks to the \u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003eWin32Raw()\u003c/code\u003e connector.\u003cbr\u003e\nYou can see \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos/issues/443#issuecomment-767165052\" data-hovercard-type=\"issue\" data-hovercard-url=\"/python-escpos/python-escpos/issues/443/hovercard\"\u003ethis\u003c/a\u003e reply.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eUsage:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto\" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content=\"import escpos.printer as printer\n\np = printer.Win32Raw(printer_name='your_shared_printer_name')\np.open()\np.textln(\u0026quot;Hello Win32Raw!\u0026quot;)\np.close()\"\u003e\u003cpre class=\"notranslate\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003eimport escpos.printer as printer\n\np = printer.Win32Raw(printer_name='your_shared_printer_name')\np.open()\np.textln(\"Hello Win32Raw!\")\np.close()\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eI think you need to install the \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32\"\u003epywin32\u003c/a\u003e package in order to use the \u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003eprinter.Win32Raw() connector.\u003c/code\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAlso, your shared printer must be able to print remotely from PC2, since the connector just forwards raw ESC/POS commands to the Windows print API.\u003c/p\u003e","upvoteCount":2,"url":"https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos/discussions/506#discussioncomment-5001678"}}}