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device type escpos-network should be initialized each time after one utilization

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by tracing the escpos.Network device lifecycle used in the issue's example, from construction through the first print and the next attempted print. Reproduce the need to reinitialize after one utilization, then check whether the device remains usable or exposes a reliable status before deciding what behavior and tests are needed.

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Description

As stated in the title I have to reinitiazed the device each time after printing maybe we should add a function to get the status of the device ? Because in my case that is the trick I'm doing to make it work.

const device  = new escpos.Network('localhost');

const options = { encoding: "GB18030" /* default */ }
// encoding is optional

const printer = new escpos.Printer(device, options);

function printExample() {
    if (!device.device) // reinit

    // print something
}
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