Introduction to ESC-POS Printer Manager

The problem

You are trying to print with a USB ESC/POS printer, but are limited due to your web browser. You don't want to restrict your clients' printer usage by forcing them to exclusively use your Node.js or web application when modifying drivers with Zadig, or impose complex configuration on them.

¿ Why esc-pos-printer instead of node-escpos ?

esc-pos-printer requires the execution of esc-pos printer manager for its operation. In contrast, node-escpos (most famous node escpos print library) does not require additional software, although its use involves using Zadig to modify the printer driver, which can sometimes cause Windows to not detect the printer correctly.

The solution

Using ESC-POS Printer Manager together with esc-pos-printer solves all the mentioned problems. With this solution, the end user only needs to run a software and perform a brief configuration on their printer. After this, your web application or Node.js will be able to use the printer easily.

Advantages

	ESC-POS PRINTER MANAGER	NODE-ESCPOS	OTHERS PRINTER MANAGERS
Offline work (no internet connection required)	✅	✅	❌
Easy configuration for the end user (In the end it is who uses this executable and it must be easy for him)	✅	❌	✅
Good documentation	✅	✅	❌