# DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android

Useful library to help Android developpers to print with (Bluetooth, TCP, USB) ESC/POS thermal printer.

Repository: https://github.com/DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/escpos-thermalprinter-android
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: escpos, escpos-printer, android, android-library, thermal-printer, thermal-printing, bluetooth-printer, usb-printer, tcp-printer, qrcode, barcode
Last push: 2024-05-14T13:06:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2339, "days_push": 841, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1540, forks 437 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.520240+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library written in Java that lets developers print to ESC/POS thermal receipt printers over Bluetooth, TCP, or USB connections. It provides formatted text parsing, image, barcode, and QR code printing, and charset encoding support.

## Use cases
- print receipts from an android app to a bluetooth thermal printer
- send esc/pos commands to a usb receipt printer on android
- print barcodes and qrcodes on a pos thermal printer
- connect an android app to a network tcp receipt printer
- build a point-of-sale app with receipt printing
- print formatted text and images on an esc/pos printer

## When to choose
- you are building an Android app that needs to print receipts or tickets on ESC/POS thermal printers
- you need Bluetooth, USB, or TCP connectivity to receipt printers from Android
- you want a simple formatted-text syntax for printer output including barcodes and QR codes

## When to avoid
- you need to print on non-ESC/POS printers or standard paper printers
- your project is not Android-based
- you need cross-platform printing without Android

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: sdk, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: escpos, thermal-printer, bluetooth-printing, usb-printing, receipt-printing, pos, barcode, qrcode, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.520240+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:49.512544+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.520240+00:00, sha a1c6f8be9fc7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.