Folders and files
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Native bind printers on POSIX and Windows OS from Node.js, electron and node-webkit.
| 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. |
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
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
- node-pre-gyp
- python
- windows-build-tools
- something necessary about build electron application
npm i @woovi/node-printerelectron-builder is needed
npx electron-builder install-app-depsneed 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-sourcestill 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- If you have a problem, find/create a new Github issue