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

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* no dependecies;
* native method wrappers from Windows and POSIX (which uses CUPS 1.4/macOS 14) APIs;
* compatible with node v0.8.x, 0.9.x and v0.11.x (with 0.11.9 and 0.11.13);
* compatible with node-webkit v0.8.x and 0.9.2;
* getPrinters() to enumerate all installed printers with current jobs and statuses;
* getPrinter(printerName) to 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.

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``
npm install @grandchef/node-printer

or

yarn add @grandchef/node-printer
`

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See examples

`bash
npx electron-builder install-app-deps
`

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

* Timo Kunze, @timokunze
* Thiago Lugli, @thiagoelg
* Eko Eryanto, @ekoeryanto

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

`bash
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
- TimoKunze/node-printer
- thiagoelg/node-printer
- mapbox/node-sqlite3

License

- The MIT License (MIT)