Escpos

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New features:

- UriPrintConnector helper for initializing connectors based on a URI. Contributed by evsar3 314

Bug fixes:

- WindowsPrintConnector on Linux will now use SMB2 due to SMB3 compatibility issues affecting printing to newer Windows versions. Contributed by 1dal 488

Tested on new devices:

- Senor TP-100
- 3nStrat POS-08
- Black Copper BC-85AC
- Nyear NP100
- Star BSC10
- Sicar POS-80
- Bematech-4200-TH
- Xprinter XP-90, XP-58 Series
- Dapper-Geyi Q583P
- Epson EU-T332C

New features:

- Release paper function for Epson TM-U295 417
- Allow `+` character in passwords for Windows shared printers 392

Tested on new devices:

- Citizen CT-S310II
- Epson TM-T20II
- Epson TM-T81
- Epson TM-T88II
- Epson TM-U590 and TM-U590P
- Epson TM-U295
- Equal (EQ-IT-001) POS-58
- Metapace T-25
- Nexa PX700
- Orient BTP-R580
- Star TSP100III FuturePRNT
- XPrinter XP-Q20011
- Xprinter XP-80C

This is expected to be the final release in the 1.x series. Newer versions will drop support for some end-of-life PHP versions.

This release includes the addition of a timeout parameter to `NetworkPrintConnector`.

Tested on new devices:

- Rongta RP58-U

Changes are limited to build and documentation fixes.

Bug fixes:

- Dependency introduced in 1.5 broke installation for some users 300
- Requirement for imagick to be installed for some features was not documented 262

Tested on new devices:

- gprinter GP-U80300I
- gprinter GP-U80160I
- SPRT SP-POS88V
- Xprinter F-900

Highlights of this release:

New device profiles included from [receipt-print-hq/escpos-printer-db](https://github.com/receipt-print-hq/escpos-printer-db):
- Aures OCD-300 customer display (use `AuresCustomerDisplay` class)
- ZJ-5890

New connector:
- `ApiPrintConnector`, implementing connectivity to instances of [ablunier/escpos-print-api](https://github.com/ablunier/escpos-print-api).

Build and documentation fixes:
- PHP 7.1 support
- Code coverage now included in build
- FAQ updates
- New developer guide

Bug fixes:
- WindowsPrintConnector failed to print when `LPT1` connection is used - 277

Tested on new devices:
- Star TSP100 ECO
- Metapace T-1
- Excelvan HOP-E200
- Epson TM-T88V

- Add to list of printers known to work
- Fixes to allow the use of Windows line endings in input text 209