diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7fbf2f2..52161ba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -172,16 +172,18 @@ There are multiple backends for connecting to the printer available (✔: suppor Backend | Kind | Linux | Mac OS | Windows -------|-------|---------|---------|-------- -network | TCP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ -linux\_kernel | USB | ✔ (1) | ✘ | ✘ -pyusb (2) | USB | ✔ (2a) | ✔ (2b) | ✔ (2c) +network (1) | TCP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ +linux\_kernel | USB | ✔ (2) | ✘ | ✘ +pyusb (3) | USB | ✔ (3a) | ✔ (3b) | ✔ (3c) Notes: -1. The label printer should show up automatically as `/dev/usb/lp0` when connected. +1. The network backend doesn't support reading back the printer state, currently. + Failure such as *wrong label type* or *end of label roll reached* won't be detected by this software. +2. The label printer should show up automatically as `/dev/usb/lp0` when connected. Please check the ownership (user, group) of this file to be able to print as a regular user. Consider setting up a udev .rules file. -2. PyUSB is a Python wrapper allowing to implement USB communication in userspace. +3. PyUSB is a Python wrapper allowing to implement USB communication in userspace. a. On Linux: install libusb1 as offered by your distribution: `sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0` (Ubuntu, Debian), `sudo zyppe in libusb-1_0-0` (OpenSUSE), `sudo pacman -S libusb` (Arch). b. On Mac OS: Install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) and then install libusb1 using: `brew install libusb`. c. On Windows: download [libusb-win32-devel-filter-1.2.6.0.exe](https://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/files/libusb-win32-releases/1.2.6.0/)