Dispatches
From the receipt roll
Guides, product updates, and notes on receipt printing.
guide
A practical introduction to ESC/POS
Aug 2, 2026
17 min read
How applications send text, graphics, cuts, drawer pulses, and status commands to thermal printers — and why reliable printing depends on much more than the ESC/POS byte stream itself.
Cyrille Sepele
guide
Designing receipts with HTML for 58mm thermal paper
Jul 17, 2026
5 min read
58mm rolls are about 32 characters wide and print in one color. Here is how to lay out a receipt that stays readable inside those limits, using plain HTML.
Cyrille Sepele
guide
Build a POS receipt printer in Node.js
Jul 16, 2026
5 min read
A small, real Express service that turns an order into a printed receipt. Model the order, render it as HTML, POST it, and confirm it printed. Copy-paste and go.
Cyrille Sepele
guide
How to print to a thermal receipt printer from your backend (without a print server)
Jul 15, 2026
5 min read
Your server can't talk to a thermal printer directly, and standing up a print server is a lot of plumbing. Here is why the gap exists and how to close it with a single API call.
Cyrille Sepele
guide
Getting started with Receiptful: print your first receipt
Jun 22, 2026
3 min read
From sign-up to paper in a few minutes. Add a printer, pair the app, and POST your first receipt — no drivers, no print server, no SDK.
Cyrille Sepele