Tauri Plugin Printer

Interface with printers through Powershell

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Install

If you are installing from npm and crate.io package registry, make sure the mayor and minor versions for both packages are the same, otherwise, the API may not match.

Crate: https://crates.io/crates/tauri-plugin-printer

Install latest version:

cargo add tauri-plugin-printer

Or add the following to your Cargo.toml for spesific version:

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
tauri-plugin-printer = { version = "1.0.10" }

You can install the JavaScript Guest bindings using your preferred JavaScript package manager:

pnpm add tauri-plugin-printer
# or
npm add tauri-plugin-printer
# or
yarn add tauri-plugin-printer

Usage

First you need to register the core plugin with Tauri:

src-tauri/src/main.rs

fn main() {
    tauri::Builder::default()
        .plugin(tauri_plugin_printer::init())  
        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
        .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

Afterwards all the plugin's APIs are available through the JavaScript guest bindings:

import {printers, print, print_file, jobs, job, restart_job, pause_job, resume_job, remove_job} from "tauri-plugin-printer";

// get list printers
const list = await printers()

// get printer by id
const list = await printers(id)


const data = [
    {
        type: 'image',
        url: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/43.jpg',     // file path
        position: 'center',                                  // position of image: 'left' | 'center' | 'right'
        width: '160px',                                           // width of image in px; default: auto
        height: '60px',                                          // width of image in px; default: 50 or '50px'
    },{
        type: 'text',                                       // 'text' | 'barCode' | 'qrCode' | 'image' | 'table
        value: 'SAMPLE HEADING',
        style: {fontWeight: "700", textAlign: 'center', fontSize: "24px"}
    },{
        type: 'text',                       // 'text' | 'barCode' | 'qrCode' | 'image' | 'table'
        value: 'Secondary text',
        style: {textDecoration: "underline", fontSize: "10px", textAlign: "center", color: "red"}
    },{
        type: 'barCode',
        value: '023456789010',
        height: 40,                     // height of barcode, applicable only to bar and QR codes
        width: 2,                       // width of barcode, applicable only to bar and QR codes
        displayValue: true,             // Display value below barcode
        fontsize: 12,
    },{
        type: 'qrCode',
        value: 'https://github.com/Hubertformin/electron-pos-printer',
        height: 55,
        width: 55,
        style: { margin: '10 20px 20 20px' }
    },{
        type: 'table',
        // style the table
        style: {border: '1px solid #ddd'},
        // list of the columns to be rendered in the table header
        tableHeader: ['Animal', 'Age'],
        // multi dimensional array depicting the rows and columns of the table body
        tableBody: [
            ['Cat', 2],
            ['Dog', 4],
            ['Horse', 12],
            ['Pig', 4],
        ],
        // list of columns to be rendered in the table footer
        tableFooter: ['Animal', 'Age'],
        // custom style for the table header
        tableHeaderStyle: { backgroundColor: '#000', color: 'white'},
        // custom style for the table body
        tableBodyStyle: {'border': '0.5px solid #ddd'},
        // custom style for the table footer
        tableFooterStyle: {backgroundColor: '#000', color: 'white'},
    },{
        type: 'table',
        style: {border: '1px solid #ddd'},             // style the table
        // list of the columns to be rendered in the table header
        tableHeader: [{type: 'text', value: 'People'}, {type: 'image', path: path.join(__dirname, 'icons/animal.png')}],
        // multi-dimensional array depicting the rows and columns of the table body
        tableBody: [
            [{type: 'text', value: 'Marcus'}, {type: 'image', url: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/43.jpg'}],
            [{type: 'text', value: 'Boris'}, {type: 'image', url: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/41.jpg'}],
            [{type: 'text', value: 'Andrew'}, {type: 'image', url: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/23.jpg'}],
            [{type: 'text', value: 'Tyresse'}, {type: 'image', url: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/53.jpg'}],
        ],
        // list of columns to be rendered in the table footer
        tableFooter: [{type: 'text', value: 'People'}, 'Image'],
        // custom style for the table header
        tableHeaderStyle: { backgroundColor: 'red', color: 'white'},
        // custom style for the table body
        tableBodyStyle: {'border': '0.5px solid #ddd'},
        // custom style for the table footer
        tableFooterStyle: {backgroundColor: '#000', color: 'white'},
    },
]
// print pdf file
await print(data, {
    id: "idprinter"  // id printer get from printers()
    preview: true, // Set to true if you want to display the preview
    page_size: {
        width: 300, // unit px
        heigth: 400 // unit px
    };
    print_setting: {
        orientation: "landscape",
        method: "simplex", // duplex | simplex | duplexshort
        paper: "A4", // "A2" | "A3" | "A4" | "A5" | "A6" | "letter" | "legal" | "tabloid"
        scale: "noscale", //"noscale" | "shrink" | "fit"
        repeat: 1, // total copies,
        // range: "1,2,3"    // print page 1,2,3 
        range: {        // print page 1 - 3
            from: 1,
            to: 3
        }
    }
})

// print pdf file
await print_file({
    id: "idfromlistprinter",
    path: 'F:/path/to/file.pdf', 
    file: BufferData,
    print_setting: {
        orientation: "landscape",
        method: "simplex", // duplex | simplex | duplexshort
        paper: "A4", // "A2" | "A3" | "A4" | "A5" | "A6" | "letter" | "legal" | "tabloid"
        scale: "noscale", //"noscale" | "shrink" | "fit"
        repeat: 1, // total copies
        // range: "1,2,3"    // print page 1,2,3 
        range: {        // print page 1 - 3
            from: 1,
            to: 3
        }
    }
})

// get all printer jobs
await jobs()

// get printer jobs by printer id 
await jobs(idprinter)

// get job by id
await job(id)

// restart all job
await restart_job()

// restart job by id
await restart_job(id)

// pause all job
await pause_job()

// pause job by id
await pause_job(id)

// resume all job 
await resume_job()

// resume job by id
await resume_job(id)

// remove all job
await remove_job()

// resume job by id
await remove_job(id)

License

Code: (c) 2023 - Present Alfian Lensun.

MIT where applicable.