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README: new backends section incl. table about OS support (#38)

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@@ -166,6 +166,29 @@ For endless label rolls, you can provide image files with a pixel width as state
If you provide a file with different dimensions when creating an endless label file,
it will be scaled to fit the width.
### Backends
There are multiple backends for connecting to the printer available:
Backend | Kind | Linux | Mac OS | Windows
-------|-------|---------|---------|--------
network | TCP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔
linux\_kernel | USB | ✔ (1) | ✘ | ✘
pyusb (2) | USB | ✔ (2a) | ✔ (2b) | ✔ (2c)
✔: works
✘: doesn't work
1. 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.
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/)
from sourceforge and install it.
After installing, you have to use the "Filter Wizard" to setup a "device filter" for the label printer.
### Legacy command line tools
For a long time, this project provided multiple command line tools, such as