69 lines
2.0 KiB
Bash
Executable File
69 lines
2.0 KiB
Bash
Executable File
#!/bin/bash
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#
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# Sends an ascii-art text file to a parallel port needle/dot-matrix printer.
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#
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# Usage: ./txt2printr.sh [ascii-art.txt]
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# Env: PRINTER_DEV - printer device node (default: /dev/lp0)
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# Reads printer.conf for PRINTER_A4 (landscape rotation).
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dir="$(dirname "$0")"
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[ -f "$dir/printer.conf" ] && source "$dir/printer.conf"
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: "${PRINTER_A4:=false}"
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infile="${1:-ascii-img.txt}"
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# Source - https://stackoverflow.com/a/638980
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# Posted by John Feminella, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history
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# Retrieved 2026-07-14, License - CC BY-SA 4.0
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if [ -n "$PRINTER_DEV" ]; then
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dev="$PRINTER_DEV"
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elif [ -e /dev/lp0 ]; then
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dev=/dev/lp0
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elif [ -e /dev/usb/lp0 ]; then
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dev=/dev/usb/lp0
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else
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dev=/dev/stdout
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fi
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if [ ! -f "$infile" ]; then
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echo "txt2printr: file not found: $infile" >&2
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exit 1
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fi
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if [ ! -w "$dev" ]; then
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echo "txt2printr: cannot write to printer device: $dev" >&2
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echo "txt2printr: set PRINTER_DEV to override, or check permissions/parport module" >&2
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exit 1
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fi
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# Rotates the ascii art 90 degrees clockwise so it reads correctly once the
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# printed page itself is turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise - the printer's
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# scan/feed directions are fixed, so this is the only way to get a landscape
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# reading orientation out of it.
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rotate90() {
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awk '
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{ if (length($0) > maxlen) maxlen = length($0); lines[NR] = $0 }
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END {
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for (c = 1; c <= maxlen; c++) {
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row = ""
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for (r = NR; r >= 1; r--) {
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ch = substr(lines[r], c, 1)
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if (ch == "") ch = " "
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row = row ch
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}
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print row
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}
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}
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' "$infile"
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}
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{
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printf '\x1b\x40' # ESC @ - reset printer (ESC/P and IBM Proprinter compatible)
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if [ "$PRINTER_A4" = "true" ]; then
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rotate90 | sed 's/$/\r/' # CRLF line endings, needed for raw writes to avoid staircasing
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else
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sed 's/$/\r/' "$infile"
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fi
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printf '\x0c' # form feed - eject the page
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} > "$dev"
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