CORDOVA PRINTING PLUGIN

cordova-plugin-printerplugin

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A cordova plugin for printing on android platform, which support text,image(BitMap),qrCode,Barcode printing via ESCPOS commands.

Support

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• Text
• POS Commands
• Image Printing(Bitmap)
• Barcode Printing(via ESCPOS commands)
• QR_Code printing(via ESCPOS commands

Install

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Using the Cordova CLI and NPM, run:

cordova plugin add https://[email protected]/Bishal_Mav/cordova-plugin-printerplugin.git

or

Download the repo and install it via

cordova plugin add /path/to/plugin/directory

Usage

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Get list of paired bluetooth printers

CordovaPrint.bluetoothList(function(data){
        console.log("Success");
        console.log(data); //list of printer in data array
    },function(err){
        console.log("Error");
        console.log(err);
    })

Get list of paired wifi printers

CordovaPrint.wifiList(function(data){
        console.log("Success");
        console.log(data); //list of printer in data array
    },function(err){
        console.log("Error");
        console.log(err);
    })

Get list of paired USB printers

CordovaPrint.usbList(function(data){
        console.log("Success");
        console.log(data); //list of printer in data array
    },function(err){
        console.log("Error");
        console.log(err);
    })

Connect to the printer

CordovaPrint.connect(function(data){
	console.log("Success");
	console.log(data)
},function(err){
	console.log("Error");
	console.log(err)
}, "PrinterName")

Disconnect printer

CordovaPrint.disconnect(function(data){
	console.log("Success");
	console.log(data)
},function(err){
	console.log("Error");
	console.log(err)
})

The concept of appending the data is followed to make it similar to the ESCPOS printing in Electron to be able to create a wrapper and make it effective and easy to use.

Appends text data

CordovaPrint.text(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, "String to Print")

Appends image data

CordovaPrint.image(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, "NameOfTheFile")
//The file path should be from the root folder(can be changed if needed in the printerplugin.java)

Appends qr_Code data

CordovaPrint.qr_Code(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
},"https://facebook.com/",50,05,51)
//str,model,size,eclevel

Appends barcode data

CordovaPrint.barcode(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, '12345678',70,3,80,0,2)
//barcodeString,barcodeType, barcodeWidth,barcodeHeight, hriFont, hriPos

Appends POS Commands

CordovaPrint.posCommand(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, "0C")
//OC is a POS command for page feed
Other commands are listed below

Send data to printer

CordovaPrint.print(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, "Base64 String of Image")

Initiate progress dialog

CordovaPrint.initDialog(function(data){
    console.log("Success");
    console.log(data)
},function(err){
    console.log("Error");
    console.log(err)
}, darkDialogTheme)
darkDialogTheme = "{theme : 'DEVICE_DARK',progressStyle : 'SPINNER',cancelable : true,title : 'Please Wait...',message : 'Scanning for Wifi printers...'}";

Dismiss the progress dialog

 CordovaPrint.dismissDialog(function(msg){
    console.log(msg);
 },function(err){
    console.log("Unable to dismiss");
    console.log(err);
   });

Functions

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.init(arguments)

Initialize the progress dialog and set various parameters. These are the valid options:

theme: can be one of the following: TRADITIONAL, DEVICE_DARK, DEVICE_LIGHT (default), HOLO_DARK, HOLO_LIGHT

progressStyle: can be one of the following: SPINNER (default), HORIZONTAL

cancelable: true (default) or false

title: title of the progress dialog (defaults to empty)

message: contents of the progress dialog (defaults to empty)

autoHide:can hide automatically

CordovaPrint.initDialog({
    theme : 'HOLO_DARK',
    progressStyle : 'SPINNER',
    cancelable : true,
    title : 'Please Wait...',
    message : 'Contacting server ...',
    autoHide:3000
});

.dismiss()

Dismiss the progress dialog.

CordovaPrint.dismissDialog();

ESCPOS_Commands

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RESET:'1B40',
FONTA:'1B4D00',
FONTB:'1B4D01',
NORMAL:'1B4500',
BOLD: '1B4501',
NOUNDERLINE: '1B2D00',
THINUNDERLINE: '1B2D01',
THICKUNDERLINE:'1B2D02',
SETSIZE: function (width, height) {
    var command = '1D21' + ("00" + ((width - 1) * 16) + (height - 1).toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command
    },
SMOOTH_ON: '1D62FF',
SMOOTH_OFF: '1D6200',
DOUBLE_ON: '1B4701',
DOUBLE_OFF: '1B4700',
UPSDOWN_ON: '1B7B01',
UPSDOWN_OFF:'1B7B00',
TURN90_ON: '1B5601',
TURN90_OFF: '1B5600',
INVERT_ON: '1D4201',
INVERT_OFF:'1D4200',
LEFT: '1B6100',
CENTER:'1B6101',
RIGHT:'1B6102',
// mere cutting command will cut paper in the middle of your text due to different positions of print- and cuthead
// looks like not all printers support different cutting modes
CUT_FULL:'1D564100',
CUT_PARTIAL: '1D564200',
// feed x motionunits and cut
FEEDCUT_FULL: function (units) {
    command ='1D5641' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command
   },
FEEDCUT_PARTIAL: function (units) {
    command = '1D5642' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command
   },
FEEDUNITS_ANDPRINT: function (units) {
    var command = '1B4A' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command;
   },
FEEDLINES_ANDPRINT: function (units) {
    var command = '1B64' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command;
   },
// not supported by all printers
PRINT_GOBACK: function (units) {
    var command = '1B65' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command;
   },
RIGHT_SPACE: function (units) {
    var command = '1B20' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command;
   },
LINE_SPACE: function (units) {
    var command = '1B33' + ("00" + units.toString(16)).slice(-2);
          return command;
   },
LINE_SPACE_DEFAULT: '1B32',

OPEN_DRAWER_1: '1B700019',// Open Cashdrawer 1
OPEN_DRAWER_1b: '1B703019', // Open Cashdrawer 1 EPSON version 2, try this if the first version does not work
OPEN_DRAWER_2: '1B700119', // Open Cashdrawer 2
OPEN_DRAWER_2b:'1B703119',
// Named Constants for selecting the characterset
// had to tryout a lot to get the right characterset and codepage settings for my printer and language
USA: '1B5200',
FRANCE: '1B5201',
GERMANY: '1B5202',
UK: '1B5203',
DENMK_1: '1B5204',
SWEDEN: '1B5205',
ITALY: '1B5206',
SPAIN_1: '1B5207',
JAPAN: '1B5208',
NORWAY: '1B5209',
DENMK_2: '1B520A',
SPAIN_2: '1B520B',
LATINAMERICA:'1B520C',
KOREAN:'1B520D',
SLOVENIA_CROATIA:'1B520E',
CHINA:'1B520F',
VIETNAM:'1B5210',
ARABIA:'1B5211',

// Named Constants for selecting the codepages as defined by STAR using the SPECIAL COMMAND for STAR PRINTERS
Default: '1B1D7400',
USA_437:'1B1D7401',
Katakana:'1B1D7402',
StdEurope_437:'1B1D7403',
Multilingual_858:'1B1D7404',
Latin2_852:'1B1D7405',
Portuguese_860:'1B1D7406',
Icelandic_861:'1B1D7407',
CanadianFrench_863:'1B1D7408',
Nordic_865: '1B1D7409',
CyrillicRussian_866:'1B1D740A',
CyrillicBulgarian_855:'1B1D740B',
Turkish_857:'1B1D740C',
Hebrew_862:'1B1D740D',
Arabic_864:'1B1D740E',
Greek_737:'1B1D740F',
Greek_851:'1B1D7410',
Greek_869:'1B1D7411',
Greek_928:'1B1D7412',
Lithuanian_772:'1B1D7413',
Lithuanian_774:'1B1D7414',
Thai_874:'1B1D7415',
WindowsLatin1_1252:'1B1D7420',
WindowsLatin2_1250:'1B1D7421',
WindowsCyrillic_1251:'1B1D7422',
IBMRussian_3840:'1B1D7440',
Gost_3841:'1B1D7441',
Polish_3843:'1B1D7442',
CS2_3844:'1B1D7443',
Hungarian_3845:'1B1D7444',
Turkish_3846:'1B1D7445',
BrazilABNT_3847:'1B1D7446',
BrazilABICOMP_3848:'1B1D7447',
Arabic_1001: '1B1D7448',
LithuanianKBL_2001:'1B1D7449',
Estonian1_3001:'1B1D744A',
Estonian2_3002:'1B1D744B',
Latvian1_3011:'1B1D744C',
Latvian2_3012:'1B1D744D',
Bulgarian_3021:'1B1D744E',
Maltese_3041:'1B1D744F',
Thai_CC42:'1B1D7460',
Thai_CC11:'1B1D7461',
Thai_CC13:'1B1D7462',
Thai_CC14:'1B1D7463',
Thai_CC16:'1B1D7464',
Thai_CC17:'1B1D7465',
Thai_CC18:'1B1D7466'