It was worth every penny of the $50 (including tax and shipping) I got it for on eBay.
The printer is an EPSON TM-m30-NT-II. It's CUPS drivers are packaged in [my NixOS configuration here](https://github.com/Infinidoge/universe/blob/master/pkgs/tmx-cups-ppd.nix).
The focal point of my experiments has been [my custom printer class](./printer.py) derived from [python-escpos](https://github.com/python-escpos/python-escpos), which adds context managers and other goodies to make creating custom receipts easier.
If you have any suggestions on things to print, feel free to [ping me on Mastodon](https://meow.social/@Infinidoge) or some of the other places on [my website](https://inx.moe) :)