daily_message.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from Adafruit_Thermal import *
import os 
import Image
import filewalker
from datetime import date

printer = Adafruit_Thermal("/dev/serial0", 19200, timeout=5)

dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
item_folder = dir_path + '/items'
#item_folder = "C:/Users/Christian/Documents/GitHub/PiPrinter/items"

print "Script started..."

printer.setSize('L')   # Set type size, accepts 'S', 'M', 'L'
#printer.println(filewalker.pick_random_pic(item_folder))
picked_item = filewalker.pick_item(item_folder,date.today())

#process according to file type
print "picked item: " + picked_item
print picked_item.rsplit(".",1)[1]
print "png?" + str(picked_item.rsplit(".",1)[1] == "png")
print "txt?" + str(picked_item.rsplit(".",1)[1] == "txt")

if picked_item.rsplit(".",1)[1] == "png":
    printer.printImage(Image.open(filewalker.pick_item(item_folder)), True)
    print "Image printed..."
elif picked_item.rsplit(".",1)[1] == "txt":
    textfile_handle = open(picked_item, "r")
    textfile_output = textfile_handle.read() 
    print textfile_output
    printer.println('Now printing text file:')
    printer.println(textfile_output)
printer.feed(3)
#clean up by moving picked item to bin folder
#filewalker.move_to_bin(picked_item)


printer.sleep()      # Tell printer to sleep
printer.wake()       # Call wake() before printing again, even if reset
printer.setDefault() # Restore printer to defaults