import socket mysocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) host = "10.80.209.106" port = 9100 try: mysocket.connect((host, port)) #connecting to host mysocket.send(b"^XA^A0N,50,50^FO50,50^FDSocket Test^FS^XZ")#using bytes mysocket.close () #closing connection except: print("Error with the connection")