printer-nw

nw.js and node printer support

Fork of node-printer package

Changes:

• Added node-gyp windows build fix for nw.js
• Additional packages removed (nan, etc.)

Tested build and work on nw.js for Windows 10 x64, Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x64, MacOS Sonoma ARM64.

nw.js 0.82.0, node.js 20.7.0

To build for Windows, you can use Visual Studio's build tools.

For Linux, cups-libs dependencies are used.

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:

npm i printer-nw