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Pi with TFT and printer

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Is it possible to connect one of the recommended LCD Touchscreens and a thermal printer to a RasPi ? I have a project where a selection would be made on the touch screen and a printout would occur on the thermal printer. I have a RasPi coming in the next day or two for a different application but I am starting to see alot of possibilities.

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Re: Pi with TFT and printer

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Very much doable.

The PiTFT (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1601) is specifically made to work with the RasPi, and the IOTP project (http://learn.adafruit.com/pi-thermal-printer) shows how to get your RasPi talking to a thermal printer.

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Re: Pi with TFT and printer

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It looks like the touchscreen LCD takes up all the GPIO pins and leaves no connection for a printer. OTOH, the Pi Cobbler (?) board connects to the printer but blocks the GPIO for the LCD. Don't see how I can connect both at once.

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