tweaking the printer settings, hoping that is will function again

printer.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def printNow(query, results):
 								print('\n | \n', file=print_pointer, flush=True)
 								sleep(3)
 
-			end_line = insert_linebreaks('These are the first 5 results that the algorithm selected.', 35)
+			end_line = insert_linebreaks('These are the first {} results that the algorithm selected.'.format(results_count), 35)
 			print("\n***\n{}\n***".format(end_line), file=print_pointer, flush=True)
 			print(escpos['paperfeed_1l'], file=print_pointer, flush=True)
 			print(escpos['paperfeed_1l'], file=print_pointer, flush=True)
@@ -113,11 +113,10 @@ def printNow(query, results):
 
 
 		except:
-			# print('test')
 			e = sys.exc_info()[0]
 			print("Could not print: {}".format(e))
 
-# query = 'noise'
-# results, _, _ = readings.request_results(query)
-# pprint(results)
-# printNow(query, results)
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	query = 'noise'
+	results, _, _ = readings.request_results(query)
+	printNow(query, results)

readings.py

@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ def request_results(query):
 	return results, filenames, analytics
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    request_results('personal')
+	request_results('personal')

start.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import tfidf
 import readings
 import printer
 from manifestos import manifestos
-from time import sleep
+
 
 # Create the application.
 APP = flask.Flask(__name__)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def index_():
 	if printer.connected == True:
 		connection = 'connected'
 	else:
-		connection = 'connected'
+		connection = 'connected' # hack for the moment
 	
 	if request.args.get('q', ''):
 		results, filenames, analytics = readings.request_results(query)
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@ def favicon():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	if not 'index.json' in os.listdir('.'):
 		tfidf.create_index()
-	# APP.debug=True
+	APP.debug=True
 	APP.run()