node-printer
⚠️ This package must only be used for prototyping
🚨 I said this package is not reliable! And MUST NOT be used in production
It relies on a CUPS STDOUT text parser and has not been tested for all version of CUPS! If you are looking for a way to manage and send data to printers take a look at alepee/node-ipp-interface which relies on IPP protocol and provide a more constistent way to communicate with a printer. (node-ipp-interface module is a WIP, please feel free to contribute)
Please note that the way I wrote this library as a prototype. It relies on STDOUT from CUPS binaries and is not trustable.
The correct way to manage printers and jobs would be to use IPP protocol defined by RFCs. You can have a look at alepee/node-ipp-interface, it is based on it but still isn't finished yet. I can give you some help if needed to complete it.
Further reading about IPP
- RFC 2567 – Design Goals for an Internet Printing Protocol
- RFC 2568 – Rationale for the Structure and Model and Protocol for the Internet Printing Protocol
- RFC 2569 – Mapping between LPD and IPP Protocols
- RFC 2910 – Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport
- RFC 2911 – Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Model and Semantics
A tool to print document or data. Based on "lp" binary STDOUT.
Supports complete set of lp options (http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?lp)
Based on armetiz/node-printer-lp and diegoalberto/node-printer-lp-complete.
Quick Examples
var Printer = ;var options = media: 'Custom.200x600mm' n: 3; // Get available printers listPrinter; // Create a new Pinter from available devicesvar printer = 'EPSON_SX510'; // Print from a buffer, file path or textvar fileBuffer = fs;var jobFromBuffer = printer; var filePath = 'package.json';var jobFromFile = printer; var text = 'Print text directly, when needed: e.g. barcode printers'var jobFromText = printer; // Cancel a jobjobFromFile; // Listen events from jobjobFromBuffer;
Roadmap
- Rewrite option factories
- Remove dependency to underscorejs
- Write more tests
- Find a way to emulate CUPS printers on Travis env