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

 

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| 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. |

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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

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- node-pre-gyp
- python
- windows-build-tools
- _something necessary about build electron application_

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``bash
npm i @woovi/node-printer
`

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> electron-builder is needed

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

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

`bash
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
`

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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
- thiagoelg/node-printer
- thiagoelg/node-printer
- mapbox/node-sqlite3

License

- The MIT License (MIT)