Native bind printers on POSIX and Windows OS from Node.js, iojs and node-webkit.
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I was involved in a project where I need to print from Node.JS. This is the reason why I created this project and I want to share my code with others.
- no dependecies;
- native method wrappers from Windows and POSIX (which uses CUPS 1.4/MAC OS X 10.6) 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 infogetSelectedPaperSize(printerName)(POSIX only) to get a specific/default printer default paper size from its driver optionsgetDefaultPrinterName()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 (seecancelJob.jsexample). 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.RAWandTEXTare 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.
Make sure you have Python 2.x installed on your system. Windows users will also require Visual Studio (2013 Express is a good fit)
from npmjs.org
npm install node-printer --target_arch=ia32
npm install node-printer --target_arch=x64
Say you are installing 1.4.5 electron. Please check the Releases for supported Electron versions
npm install node-printer --runtime=electron --target=1.4.5 --target_arch=x64
npm install node-printer --runtime=electron --target=1.4.5 --target_arch=ia32
npm install -g node-gyp
npm install printer --msvs_version=2013 --build-from-source=node_printer
or direct from git:
npm install git+https://github.com/tojocky/node-printer.git
if you want to to run in nwjs then rebuild the module with nw-gyp:
npm install -g nw-gyp
cd node_modules/printer
nw-gyp rebuild
For specific distribution --dist-url node-gyp parameter should be used. Example for electron:
node-gyp rebuild --target=0.37.4 --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell
Ubuntu User :
You need to install libcups2-dev package
sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev
See examples
- Ion Lupascu, ionlupascu@gmail.com
Feel free to download, test and propose new futures