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# Cordova Print Plugin
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Plugin for [Cordova][cordova] to print documents or photos from iOS, Android and Windows Universal apps.
### Supported Printer Interfaces
- Apple AirPrint
- Android Print
- Windows Print
### Supported Content
- HTML
- Text
- Base64
- Images
- PDF
### Supported Platforms
- Android 4.4+
- iOS 10+
- Windows 10 UWP
- Browser
## Basics
The plugin creates the object `cordova.plugins.printer` and is accessible after the *deviceready* event has been fired.
```js
document.addEventListener('deviceready', function () {
// cordova.plugins.printer is now available
}, false);
```
Prints the contents of the web view:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print();
```
Plain text:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print("Hello\nWorld!");
```
HTML & CSS:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print('Hello World!
');
```
Images, PDF and other documents:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print('file://img/logo.png');
```
Base64 encoded content:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print('base64://...');
```
__Note:__ On the browser platform the plugin only supports to print the contents of the web view.
## Formatting
It's possible to pass format options to the print method that overrides the defaults:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print(content, options, callback);
```
The defaults are defined as follows:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.setDefaults({ monochrome: true });
```
The list of possible options depend on the platform, the content type and the capabilities of the printer.
| Name | Description | Type | Platform |
|:---- |:----------- |:----:| --------:|
| name | The name of the print job and of the document. | String | all |
| copies | The number of copies for the print task. | Number | iOS
Windows |
| pageCount | Limits the pages to print even the document contains more.
To skip the last n pages you can assign a negative value on iOS. | Number | iOS
Android |
| duplex | Either double-sided on short site (duplex:'short'), double-sided on long site (duplex:'long') or single-sided (duplex:'none'). | String | all |
| orientation | The orientation of the printed content, `portrait` or `landscape`. | String | all |
| monochrome | If your application only prints black text, setting this property to _true_ can result in better performance in many cases. | Boolean | all |
| photo | Set to _true_ to change the media type to photography for higher quality. | Boolean | iOS
Windows |
| autoFit | Set to _false_ to disable downscaling the image to fit into the content aread. | Boolean | Android |
| printer | The network URL to the printer. | String | iOS |
| maxHeight
maxWidth | Defines the maximum size of the content area. | Unit | iOS |
| margin.top
margin.left
margin.right
margin.bottom | The margins for each printed page. Each printer might have its own minimum margins depends on media type and paper format. | Unit | iOS |
| ui.hideNumberOfCopies | Set to _true_ to hide the control for the number of copies. | Boolean | iOS |
| ui.hidePaperFormat | Set to _true_ to hide the control for the paper format. | Boolean | iOS |
| ui.top
ui.left | The position of the printer picker. | Number | iPad |
| ui.height
ui.width | The size of the printer picker. | Number | iPad |
| paper.width
paper.height | The dimensions of the paper – iOS will will try to choose a format which fits bests. | Unit | iOS |
| paper.name | The name of the format like `IsoA4` or `Roll22Inch`.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.graphics.printing.printmediasize | String | Windows |
| paper.length | On roll-fed printers you can decide when the printer cuts the paper. | Unit | iOS |
| font.name | The name of the font family | String | iOS |
| font.size | The size of the font | Number | iOS
Android |
| font.italic
font.bold | Set to _true_ to enable these font traits. | Boolean | iOS |
| font.align | Possible alignments are `left`, `right`, `center` and `justified`. | String | iOS |
| font.color | The color of the font in hexa-decimal RGB format - `"FF0000"` means red. | String | iOS |
| header.height
footer.height | The height of the header or footer on each page. | Unit | iOS |
| header.labels
footer.labels | An array of labels to display. Only use if there are more then one. | Array | iOS |
| header.label.text
footer.label.text | The plain text to display. Use `%ld` to indicate where to insert the page index.
For example `"Page %ld"` would result into `"Page 1"`, `"Page 2"`, ... | String | iOS |
| header.label.top
header.label.right
header.label.left
header.label.bottom
footer.label.* | The relative position where to place the label within the footer or header area. | Unit | iOS |
| header.label.font
footer.label.font | The font attributes for the label. | Object | iOS |
| header.label.showPageIndex
footer.label.showPageIndex | Set to _true_ if you want to display the page index.
| Boolean | iOS |
The `Unit` type can be either a (float) number or a string with a special suffix.
- Supported unit suffixes are `in` for inches, `mm` for millimeters, `cm` for centimeters and `pt` for points
- `"2in"` are two inches whereas `2.0` or `"2.0pt"` are identical for two points
- One inch are 72.0 points
## Direct Print
For iOS its possible to send the content directly to the printer without any dialog. Todo so pass the network URL as an option:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.print(content, { printer: 'ipp://...' });
```
To let the user pick an available printer:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.pick(function (url) {});
```
It's possible to specify the position of the picker:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.pick({ top: 40, left: 30 }, callback);
```
__Note:__ By passing an invalid URL, the application will throw an `Unable to connect to (null)` exception and possibly crash.
## Printable Document Types
The list of supported document types differ between mobile platforms. As of writing, Windows UWP only supports HTML and plain text.
To get a list of all printable document types:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.getPrintableTypes(callback);
```
To check if printing is supported in general:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.canPrintItem(callback);
```
Or in particular:
```javascript
cordova.plugins.printer.canPrintItem('file://css/index.css', callback);
```
## Installation
The plugin can be installed via [CLI][CLI] and is publicly available on [NPM][npm].
Execute from the projects root folder:
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-printer
Or install a specific version:
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-printer@VERSION
Or install the latest head version:
$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-printer.git
Or install from local source:
$ cordova plugin add --nofetch --nosave
Then execute:
cordova build
## Contributing
1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request
## License
This software is released under the [Apache 2.0 License][apache2_license].
Made with :yum: from Leipzig
© 2013 [appPlant GmbH][appplant]
[cordova]: https://cordova.apache.org
[CLI]: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface
[npm]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-printer
[apache2_license]: http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
[appplant]: www.appplant.de