CMD-Printer

This package contains utilities for locate and print pdf documents, using SumatraPDF. The library works on Windows, and internally it's a command wrapper for SumatraPDF. Support multiple documents at a same printer and sending arguments for a custom configuration.

For implement this module into your project, install using npm:

npm install --save cmd-printer

Usage

This module has 2 ways of work, a linear methods collection, or and async operation. By default this module works in async mode, but also has equivalent methods en sync mode.

Get Printers Async

import { CmdPrinter } from "cmd-printer"

//test Async
let testAsync = async () => {
  //List all printers
  let list = await CmdPrinter.getAll()

  //Getting a especified printer
  let zebra = await CmdPrinter.getByName("ZDesigner_Test")

  //Print a Document (always sync)
  await zebra.print([ `test/100x150.pdf` ])
}
testAsync()

Get Printers Sync

import { CmdPrinter } from "cmd-printer"

//test Async
let testSync = () => {
  //List all printers
  let list = CmdPrinter.getAllSync()

  //Getting a especified printer
  let zebra = CmdPrinter.getByNameSync("ZDesigner_Test")

  //Print a Document (always sync)
  zebra.print([ `test/100x150.pdf` ])
}
testSync()

Printing with a Remote printer

If your printer is installed in another device, and it's available on the network, you can use that printer satisfacing some requeriments:

• The drivers must be installed in the current device.
• The IP (or machine name) has to been known.
• You have to know the name of the priner.

In that case:

import { CmdPrinter } from "cmd-printer";

CmdPrinter.printRemote(
  'location/printer-name',
  [
    'path/of/file/01',
    'path/of/file/02',
    'path/of/file/03'
  ]
)

Printer Options

The methods instance.print() and class.printRemote() can receive an optional parameter called options. This parameter implements an interface called iOptions, and their properties (all optionals) are:

• adjust: "noscale", "shrink" or "fit".
• color: "color" or "monocrome".
• mode: "duplex", "duplexshort", "duplexlong" or "simplex".
• skip: "odd" or "even".
• cant: A number, if is not provided, the cant = 1.

Example of use:

import { CmdPrinter } from "cmd-printer";

let test = CmdPrinter.getByNameSync("BIXOLON SRP-350III")
test.print(
  [ 'C:\\Users\\test_user\\Desktop\\test.pdf' ],
  {
    adjust: 'noscale',
    color: 'monocrome',
    mode: 'simplex',
    skip: 'odd',
    cant: 1
  }
)