@alexssmusica/node-printer

Node Printer Prebuild

Native bind printers on POSIX and Windows OS from Node.js, electron and node-webkit.

API

method	brief
getPrinters()	enumerate all installed printers with current jobs and statuses
getPrinter(printerName)	get a specific/default printer info with current jobs and statuses
getPrinterDriverOptions(printerName)	(POSIX only) to get a specific/default printer driver options such as supported paper size and other info
getSelectedPaperSize(printerName)	(POSIX only) to get a specific/default printer default paper size from its driver options
getDefaultPrinterName()	return the default printer name;
printDirect(options)	to send a job to a specific/default printer, now supports CUPS options passed in the form of a JS object (see cancelJob.js example). To print a PDF from windows it is possible by using node-pdfium module to convert a PDF format into EMF and after to send to printer as EMF
printFile(options)	(POSIX only) to print a file
getSupportedPrintFormats()	to get all possible print formats for printDirect method which depends on OS. RAW and TEXT are supported from all OS-es;
getJob(printerName, jobId)	to get a specific job info including job status;
setJob(printerName, jobId, command)	to send a command to a job (e.g. 'CANCEL' to cancel the job);
getSupportedJobCommands()	to get supported job commands for setJob() depends on OS. 'CANCEL' command is supported from all OS-es.

How to install:

Node Printer

Native bind printers for electron on Windows OS, support both win32_x64 and win32_ia32

Optimized node-pre-gyp configuration and project directory to make rebuild simple before build electron application

Rebuild Native Code

this module is specially for electron application on Windows OS, compatible for x64 and ia32

if you develop on a ia32 machine, just skip this chapter(maybe the whole readme)

if you need this module, suggest to publish it to NPM or some other private registry

after rebuild work, suggest set npmRebuild as false in electron build configuration

Step 0 —— prework

• node-pre-gyp
• python
• windows-build-tools
• something necessary about build electron application

Step 1 —— installation

npm i @namespace/node-printer

Step 2 —— rebuild by electron-builder to match node ABI

electron-builder is needed

npx electron-builder install-app-deps

Step 3 —— build native code for x64

need to change dir into node_modules/@namespace/node-printer first

node-pre-gyp configure --target=`${electron_version}` --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://electronjs.org/headers --module_name=node_printer
node-pre-gyp build package --runtime=electron --target=`${electron_version}` --target_arch=x64 --build-from-source

Step 4 —— build native code for ia32

still in the dir node_modules/@namespace/node-printer

node-pre-gyp rebuild --target_arch=ia32
node-pre-gyp build package --runtime=electron --target=`${electron_version}` --target_arch=ia32 --build-from-source

Support

• If you have a problem, find/create a new Github issue

Refer

• examples
• thiagoelg/node-printer
• thiagoelg/node-printer
• mapbox/node-sqlite3

License

• The MIT License (MIT)