<?php /* Example of printing the GBP pound symbol on a STAR TSP650 * * In this example, it's shown how to check that your PHP files are actually being * saved in unicode. Sections B) and C) are identical in UTF-8, but different * if you are saving to a retro format like Windows-1252. */ // Adjust these to your environment require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php'; use Zelda\EscposPhp\CapabilityProfile; use Zelda\EscposPhp\Printer; use Zelda\EscposPhp\PrintConnectors\FilePrintConnector; $connector = new FilePrintConnector("php://stdout"); // Start printer $profile = CapabilityProfile::load("simple"); $printer = new Printer($connector, $profile); // A) Raw pound symbol // This is the most likely thing to work, and bypasses all the fancy stuff. $printer->textRaw("\x9C"); // based on position in CP437 $printer->text(" 1.95\n"); // B) Manually encoded UTF8 pound symbol. Tests that the driver correctly // encodes this as CP437. $printer->text(base64_decode("wqM=") . " 2.95\n"); // C) Pasted in file. Tests that your files are being saved as UTF-8, which // escpos-php is able to convert automatically to a mix of code pages. $printer->text("£ 3.95\n"); $printer->cut(); $printer->close();