Important fixes to 0.5.0

.gitignore

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build-android/dist
 *.apk
 *.apk.*
 cat-printer*.zip
-*-sha256.txt
+cat-printer-sha256-*.txt
 # bleak, the bare pip package as a folder
 build-common/bleak
 # python embeddable package, with bleak_winrt inside

1-build.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # For ultimate laziness!
-rm -rf cat-printer-*.zip cat-printer-*.apk* cat-printer-*-sha256.txt
+rm -rf cat-printer-*.zip cat-printer-*.apk* cat-printer-sha256-*.txt
 echo -n 'Version tag: '
 read version
 echo -n $version > version
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ echo 'Signing apk with keyfile...'
 ./4-sign.sh $signkey
 cd ../
 echo 'SHA256 Hash...'
-sha256sum cat-printer-* > cat-printer-$version-sha256.txt
+sha256sum cat-printer-* > cat-printer-sha256-$version.txt
 echo 'Complete!'

printer.py

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class PrinterError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, *args):
         super().__init__(*args)
         self.message = args[0]
-        self.message_localized = i18n(args)
+        self.message_localized = i18n(*args)
 
 class PrinterData():
     ''' The image data to be used by `PrinterDriver`.
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class PrinterDriver(Commander):
     rtl: bool = False
 
     energy: int = None
+    quality: int = 24
 
     mtu: int = 200
 
@@ -427,20 +428,23 @@ class PrinterDriver(Commander):
 
     def _prepare(self):
         self.get_device_state()
-        self.set_dpi_as_200()
-        self.use_energy_control(True)
-        if self.energy is not None:
-            self.set_energy(self.energy * 0xff)
         if self.model.is_new_kind:
             self.start_printing_new()
         else:
             self.start_printing()
-        self.set_speed(8)   # already fine if above 4. maybe just enough
+        self.set_dpi_as_200()
-        self.get_device_state()
+        if self.quality:    # well, slower makes stable heating
+            self.set_speed(self.quality)
+        if self.energy is not None:
+            self.set_energy(self.energy * 0xff)
+        self.apply_energy()
         self.update_device()
+        self.flush()
+        self.start_lattice()
 
     def _finish(self):
         self.end_lattice()
+        self.set_speed(8)
         self.feed_paper(128)
         self.get_device_state()
         self.flush()
@@ -450,7 +454,6 @@ class PrinterDriver(Commander):
         flip(data.data, data.width, data.height, self.flip_h, self.flip_v, overwrite=True)
         self._prepare()
         # TODO: consider compression on new devices
-        self.start_lattice()
         for chunk in data.read(paper_width // 8):
             if self.dry_run:
                 chunk = b'\x00' * len(chunk)
@@ -615,8 +618,10 @@ def _main():
                         help=i18n('image-printing-options'))
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--text', metavar='Size[,FontFamily][,pf2][,nowrap][,rtl]', type=str,
                         default='', help=i18n('text-printing-mode-with-options'))
-    parser.add_argument('-e', '--energy', metavar='<0.0-1.0>', type=float, default=None,
+    parser.add_argument('-e', '--energy', metavar='0.0-1.0', type=float, default=None,
                         help=i18n('control-printer-thermal-strength'))
+    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quality', metavar='1-4', type=int, default=3,
+                        help=i18n('print-quality'))
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--dry', action='store_true',
                         help=i18n('dry-run-test-print-process-only'))
     parser.add_argument('-f', '--fake', metavar='XY01', type=str, default='',
@@ -638,7 +643,9 @@ def _main():
     printer.scan_timeout = float(scan_param[0])
     identifier = ','.join(scan_param[1:])
     if args.energy is not None:
-        printer.energy = args.energy * 0xff
+        printer.energy = int(args.energy * 0xff)
+    if args.quality is not None:
+        printer.quality = 4 * (args.quality + 5)
 
     image_param = args.image.split(',')
     if 'flip' in image_param:

printer_lib/commander.py

@@ -82,12 +82,10 @@ class Commander(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         'Start printing on newer printers'
         self.send( bytearray([0x12, 0x51, 0x78, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff]) )
 
-    def use_energy_control(self, enable: bool):
+    def apply_energy(self):
-        ''' Whether enable energy control (with set_energy) or not
+        ''' Apply previously set energy to printer
-            Note: I remember I can't disable it, when I (incorrectly)
-            thought it was "image/text mode"
         '''
-        self.send( self.make_command(0xbe, int_to_bytes(0x01 if enable else 0x00)) )
+        self.send( self.make_command(0xbe, int_to_bytes(0x01)) )
 
     def get_device_state(self):
         '(unknown). seems it could refresh device state & apply config'

server.py

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ class PrinterServerHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         self.printer.fake = self.settings.fake
         self.printer.dump = self.settings.dump
         self.printer.energy = self.settings.energy
+        self.printer.quality = self.settings.quality
         self.printer.flip_h = self.settings.flip_h or self.settings.flip
         self.printer.flip_v = self.settings.flip_v or self.settings.flip
         self.printer.rtl = self.settings.force_rtl

version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.0
+0.5.1

www/about.html

@@ -17,19 +17,25 @@
                 <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/NaitLee/Cat-Printer">GitHub</a>
             </p>
             <h2 data-i18n="contributors">Contributors</h2>
+            <div class="contributors">
                 <dl>
                     <dt>
                         <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/NaitLee">NaitLee</a>
                     </dt>
                     <dd data-i18n="developer">Developer</dd>
+                </dl>
+                <dl>
                     <dt>
                         <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/frankenstein91">frankenstein91</a>
                     </dt>
                     <dd data-i18n="developer">Developer</dd>
                     <dd data-i18n="translator">Translator</dd>
+                </dl>
+                <dl>
                     <dt data-i18n="all-testers-and-users">All testers & users</dt>
                     <dd data-i18n="everyone-is-awesome">Everyone is awesome!</dd>
                 </dl>
+            </div>
             <h2 data-i18n="copyright-and-license">Copyright</h2>
             <p>
                 <span>Copyright &copy; 2021-2022 NaitLee Soft.</span>

www/index.html

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
                     </select>
                     <button id="device-refresh" data-i18n="refresh" data-key>Refresh</button>
                     <hr />
-                    <label data-i18n="process-as-">Process as:</label>
+                    <dl>
+                        <dt><label data-i18n="process-as-">Process as:</label></dt>
+                        <dd>
                             <label>
                                 <input type="radio" name="algo" value="algo-direct" data-key />
                                 <span data-i18n="text">Text</span>
@@ -29,18 +31,27 @@
                                 <input type="radio" name="algo" value="algo-steinberg" data-key checked />
                                 <span data-i18n="picture">Picture</span>
                             </label>
+                        </dd>
                         <!-- <label>
                             <input type="radio" name="algo" value="algo-halftone" data-key />
                             <span data-i18n="pattern">Pattern</span>
-                    </label> --><br />
+                        </label> -->
+                    </dl>
                     <!-- "brightness" is historically "threshold" -->
-                    <label for="threshold" data-i18n="brightness-">Brightness:</label>
+                    <dl>
-                    <input type="range" min="0" max="256" value="86" step="16" id="threshold" data-key data-default />
+                        <dt><label for="threshold" data-i18n="brightness-">Brightness:</label></dt>
-                    <br />
+                        <dd><input type="range" min="0" max="256" value="86" step="16" id="threshold" data-key data-default /></dd>
+                    </dl>
                     <!-- "Strength", so-called "darkness", or internally "energy" -->
-                    <label for="energy" data-i18n="strength-">Strength:</label>
+                    <dl>
-                    <input type="range" min="0" max="256" value="64" step="16" id="energy" data-key data-default />
+                        <dt><label for="energy" data-i18n="strength-">Strength:</label></dt>
-                    <br />
+                        <dd><input type="range" min="0" max="256" value="64" step="16" id="energy" data-key data-default /></dd>
+                    </dl>
+                    <!-- "Quality", just speed of paper feeding, but slower makes better heating -->
+                    <dl>
+                        <dt><label for="quality" data-i18n="quality-">Quality:</label></dt>
+                        <dd><input type="range" min="24" max="36" value="32" step="4" id="quality" data-key data-default /></dd>
+                    </dl>
                     <input type="checkbox" name="transparent-as-white" id="transparent-as-white" data-key checked />
                     <label for="transparent-as-white" data-i18n="transparent-as-white">Transparent as White</label>
                 </div>

www/lang/en-US.json

@@ -124,5 +124,7 @@
     "strength-": "Strength:",
     "or-drag-file-to-below": "Or drag file to below",
     "reset": "Reset",
-    "cat-face-toward": "Cat Face Toward"
+    "cat-face-toward": "Cat Face Toward",
+    "quality-": "Quality:",
+    "print-quality": "Print quality"
 }

www/lang/zh-CN.json

@@ -119,5 +119,7 @@
     "strength-": "力度：",
     "or-drag-file-to-below": "或拖拽文件至下方",
     "reset": "重置",
-    "cat-face-toward": "猫脸朝上"
+    "cat-face-toward": "猫脸朝上",
+    "quality-": "质量：",
+    "print-quality": "打印质量"
 }

www/main.css

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ p {
     height: calc(var(--panel-height) - var(--compact-menu-height));
     padding: var(--span-double) var(--span);
     box-sizing: border-box;
-    /* overflow-y: scroll; */
+    overflow-y: scroll;
 }
 .panel.sub.active {
     height: calc(var(--panel-height) / 2);
@@ -284,8 +284,14 @@ dl {
     margin: var(--span) 0;
     display: block;
 }
-dd { display: inline; }
+dt { display: inline-block; min-width: 6em; text-align: end; }
-dd+dd { margin-left: var(--font-size); }
+dd { display: inline-block; margin: 0 calc(var(--font-size) / 4); }
+.contributors dt {
+    min-width: 12em;
+    text-align: center;
+    padding: 0 calc(var(--font-size) / 4);
+    border-right: var(--border) solid var(--fore-color);
+}
 hr {
     border: none;
     border-top: var(--border) solid var(--fore-color);

www/main.js

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class CanvasController {
         this.algorithm = name;
         this.threshold = CanvasController.defaultThreshold;
         this._thresholdRange.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
-        this.energy = name == 'algo-direct' ? 72 : 48;
+        this.energy = name == 'algo-direct' ? 96 : 64;
         this._energyRange.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
         this.activatePreview();
     }
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ class Main {
             );
             this.attachSetter('#threshold', 'change', 'threshold');
             this.attachSetter('#energy', 'change', 'energy');
+            this.attachSetter('#quality', 'change', 'quality');
             this.attachSetter('#flip', 'change', 'flip');
             // this.attachSetter('#flip-h', 'change', 'flip_h');
             // this.attachSetter('#flip-v', 'change', 'flip_v');