v3.0a8

This release is the ninth alpha release of the new version 3.0.
Please be aware that the API is subject to change until v3.0 is
released.

This release drops support for Python 2, requiring at least
version 3.5 of Python.

changes
^^^^^^^
- Drop support for Python 2 and mark in setuptools as only supporting 3.5 and upwards
- remove landscape.io badge
- replace viivakoodi with python-barcode which is maintained
- add configuration for Visual Studio Code
- use pkg_resources for the retrieval of the capabilities.json

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Romain Porte
- Patrick Kanzler

v3.0a7

This release is the eight alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please be aware that the API is subject to change until v3.0 is released.

This release also marks the point at which the project transitioned to having only a master-branch (and not an additional development branch).

    add Exception for NotImplementedError in detach_kernel_driver
    update installation information
    update and improve documentation
    add error handling to image centering flag
    update and fix tox and CI environment, preparing drop of support for Python 2

    Alexander Bougakov
    Brian
    Yaisel Hurtado
    Maximilan Wagenbach
    Patrick Kanzler

v3.0a6

This release is the seventh alpha release of the new version 3.0.
Please be aware the the API is subject to change until v3.0 is
released.
changes

    fix inclusion of the capabilities-file
    execute CI jobs also on Windows and macOS-targets
    improve documentation

contributors

    Patrick Kanzler

v3.0a5

2019-06-16 - Version 3.0a5 - "Lightly Seared On The Reality Grill"
This release is the sixth alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API is subject to change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- allow arbitrary USB arguments in USB-class
- add Win32Raw-Printer on Windows-platforms
- add and improve Windows support of USB-class
- use pyyaml safe_load()
- improve doc
- implement _read method of Network printer class

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Patrick Kanzler
- Gerard Marull-Paretas
- Ramon Poca
- akeonly
- Omer Akram
- Justin Vieira

2018-05-15 - Version 3.0a4 - "Kakistocrat"

This release is the fifth alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API will still change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- raise exception when TypeError occurs in cashdraw (python-escpos#268)
- Feature/clear content in dummy printer (python-escpos#271)
- fix is_online() (python-escpos#282)
- improve documentation
- Modified submodule to always pull from master branch (python-escpos#283)
- parameter for implementation of nonnative qrcode (python-escpos#289)
- improve platform independence (python-escpos#296)

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Christoph Heuel
- Patrick Kanzler
- kennedy
- primax79
- reck31
- Thijs Triemstra

2017-10-08 - Version 3.0a3 - "Just Testing"

This release is the fourth alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API will still change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- minor changes in documentation, tests and examples
- pickle capabilities for faster startup
- first implementation of centering images and QR
- check barcodes based on regex

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Patrick Kanzler
- Lucy Linder
- Romain Porte
- Sergio Pulgarin

v3.0a2: alpha of major release Version 3.0a2

This release is the third alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API will still change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- refactor of the set-method
- preliminary support of POS "line display" printing
- improvement of tests
- added ImageWidthError
- list authors in repository
- add support for software-based barcode-rendering
- fix SerialException when trying to close device on __del__
- added the DLE EOT querying command for USB and Serial
- ensure QR codes have a large enough border
- make feed for cut optional
- fix the behavior of horizontal tabs
- added test script for hard an soft barcodes
- implemented paper sensor querying command
- added weather forecast example script
- added a method for simpler newlines

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- csoft2k
- Patrick Kanzler
- mrwunderbar666
- Romain Porte
- Ahmed Tahri

alpha of mayjor release version 3.0a1

This release is the second alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API will still change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- automatically upload releases to GitHub
- add environment variable ESCPOS_CAPABILITIES_FILE
- automatically handle cases where full cut or partial cut is not available
- add print_and_feed

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Sam Cheng
- Patrick Kanzler
- Dmytro Katyukha

alpha of major release Version 3.0a

This release is the first alpha release of the new version 3.0. Please
be aware that the API will still change until v3.0 is released.

changes
^^^^^^^
- change the project's license to MIT in accordance with the contributors (see python-escpos#171)
- feature: add "capabilities" which are shared with escpos-php, capabilities are stored in
  `escpos-printer-db <https://github.com/receipt-print-hq/escpos-printer-db>`_
- feature: the driver tries now to guess the appropriate codepage and sets it automatically (called "magic encode")
- as an alternative you can force the codepage with the old API
- updated and improved documentation
- changed constructor of main class due to introduction of capablities
- changed interface of method `blocktext`, changed behavior of multiple methods, for details refer to the documentation
  on `python-escpos.readthedocs.io <https://python-escpos.readthedocs.io>`_
- add support for custom cash drawer sequence
- enforce flake8 on the src-files, test py36 and py37 on travis

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Michael Billington
- Michael Elsdörfer
- Patrick Kanzler (with code by Frédéric Van der Essen)
- Asuki Kono
- Benito López
- Curtis // mashedkeyboard
- Thijs Triemstra
- ysuolmai

minor release v2.2.0

changes
^^^^^^^
- fix improper API-use in qrcode()
- change setup.py shebang to make it compatible with virtualenvs.
- add constants for sheet mode and colors
- support changing the linespacing

contributors
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Michael Elsdörfer
- Patrick Kanzler