I created a small printer, which punches the letter on the paper... It is controlled by arduino. I need to create a driver that is recognized by windows ... I'm trying with " V4 printer driver " , but I'm not succeeding... Can anyone help? [image]

[image] svalois: I need to create a driver that is recognized by windows ... Seems odd to seek help or expertise on a forum devoted to programming the Arduino family of boards. In the meantime, can you control your printer from the PC using a terminal emulator program like PuTTY or CoolTerm? I don't write drivers for PCs, but if I were to, I would certainly start by trying direct control with a terminal emulator first. If you can't get that going, writing a driver will be hard. Good luck. a7

I already have control of the equipment via arduino programming... that was simple.... I can already read a .txt file and send it to the printer via the USB port with vb programming.... that was simple.... I want to CREATE a print driver that CONVERSES with the ARDUINO. ... This is the challenge !!!! Has ANYONE seen or tried this ??? It's possible ????

Have you tried using the Generic Text Only driver included with Windows?? Will have to add printer manually , set serial port and use generic driver.. If you don't need graphics might be just what you need.. good luck.. ~q

[image] svalois: Has ANYONE seen or tried this ??? Every manufacturer of a Windows gizmo has or hires programmers to write the required device driver.

I have a book about writing Windows drivers but I never wrote a driver and book is probably outdated. The information is probably on MSDN (or other online sites) but it's probably easier to start with a book. Driver development is a specialized-advanced programming area. You probably should change the "firmware" so your Arduino has a unique product ID. What from I remember, USB devices have a unique VID (vendor ID) and a PID (product ID). I'm not sure if that works with the FTDI serial hardware. Or there are "class compliant" devices that work with Microsoft (or Apple) supplied standard drivers.

that everyone already knows.... of course

How silly of me to misunderstand your question! If you want to hire someone to write Windows driver code for you, post on the Jobs and Paid Collaborations forum section.

[image] qubits-us: Have you tried using the Generic Text Only driver included with Windows?? Will have to add printer manually , set serial port and use generic driver.. If you don't need graphics might be just what you need.. ! sounds easier to me than to write a new driver from scratch. This might be worth to try by replacing the output to you your hardware instead GitHub - SilverGreen93/USB-Centronics: Arduino USB (serial) to Centronics parallel adapter

Just dropping a couple of links that may be useful [image] Mini Thermal Receipt Printers Add printing to any microcontroller project with these adorable thermal printers. Also known as receipt printers, they’re what you get when you go to the ATM or grocery store. Print text, barcodes, bitmap graphics, even a QR code! [Game Boy Printer for Arduino] [Using a Teletype Machine as a USB Printer with Arduino] [Connect Arduino to PC Printer Port for advanced control]

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good hint !!!!!

Understand USB and Uart diferences

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