webserver-printing

Local Web Server for can print in a local printer from Javascript to a preselected local printer without user interact. This tool is good when you need to print from your web app directly to a preselected printer.

How to use

From JAVASCRIPT or HTML FORM can send request to this server. Can use post, get or mix the 2 options on the request call like.

• ARGUMENTS (all optional)
• PROTOCOL: HTTTP or HTTPS
• SERVER: LOCALHOST
• PORT NUMBER: port number to use, default 8888, can send more than one

PROPERTIES

• PRINTER = Printer Name to use, this is REQUIRED
• URL = Url to request a file to print, PDF, or any other format, but not HTML page.
• FILE = Full path about some LOCAL FILE on the machine. This file must be exist on the local computer request to print, not in a server
• COUNT = Number of copies for the document. Default always 1

FUNCTIONS

printerlist = Get the printers installed on the computer

Examples

//post data
var data = new FormData();
data.append("printer", "[printer name]");
data.append("url", "[url with a document to print]");           //if not url, send path
data.append("file", "[exact path with the file to print]");     //if not path, send url
data.append("count", "[number of copioes]");                    //optional. Default 1

get data

• Get request with http://localhost:8888/printerlist
• Get request with http://localhost:8888?printer=[printer name]&url[url file to print]
• Get request with http://localhost:8888?printer=[printer name]&url[url file to print]&count=3
• Get request with http://localhost:8888?printer=[printer name]&file[full path file to print]
• Get request with http://localhost:8888?printer=[printer name]&file[full path file to print]&count=3

Post request with url http://localhost:8888 and the form data

//post data
var data = new FormData();
data.append("printer", "[printer name]");
data.append("url", "[url with a document to print]");           //if url not send path

You can combine post data and get data. Property only can send once or in get variables or in post variables.

Contributions from

RAW PRINT are used on this project from https://github.com/frogmorecs/RawPrint but with a small changes. Thanks to the owner