node-win-printer

The package to print PDF files and get the information of all available printers on Windows.

It uses WMIC tool to extract the detailed printer information and Sumatra PDF to print PDF files.

Requirements

You need to install Sumatra PDF or save its portable version in a folder. After installation you can use PDFPrinter class by providing the path of the executable file.

You can download the installer and the portable version from https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer

Installation

For NPM:

npm install @myteril/node-win-printer

Usage

Printing PDF Files

// Import the class.
const { PDFPrinter } = require("@myteril/node-win-printer")

// Create an instance with a configuration.
const printer = new PDFPrinter({
    // Specify the path of the Sumatra PDF executable.
    sumatraPdfPath: "C:\\sumatra-pdf-executable.exe"
})

// Print a PDF file. (Note: You should use the below call in an asynchronous context.)
await printer.print({
    // The path of the PDF file.
    file: "C:\\pdf-file.pdf",
    // The name of the printer.
    printer: "Microsoft Print to PDF",
    // Only the pages 1, 3, 5-10.
    pages: [1, 3, {start: 5, end: 10}],
    // The pages will be printed as monochrome.
    color: false,
    // The pages will be scaled so that they will fit into the printable area of the paper.
    scale: "fit"
})

Getting Printer Information

// Import the function.
const { getPrinters } = require("@myteril/node-win-printer")

// Call the function to get the array of printer information objects. 
const printerInfoList = await getPrinters()

// You may want to print the list to inspect.
console.dir(printerInfoList)

Example Output (in JSON)

[
  {
    "Attributes": 580,
    "AveragePagesPerMinute": 0,
    "Capabilities": [ 4, 2 ],
    "CapabilityDescriptions": [ "Copies", "Color" ],
    "Caption": "Microsoft Print to PDF",
    "Default": true,
    "DefaultPriority": 0,
    "DetectedErrorState": 0,
    "DeviceID": "Microsoft Print to PDF",
    "Direct": false,
    "DoCompleteFirst": true,
    "DriverName": "Microsoft Print To PDF",
    "EnableBIDI": false,
    "EnableDevQueryPrint": false,
    "ExtendedDetectedErrorState": 0,
    "ExtendedPrinterStatus": 2,
    "Hidden": false,
    "HorizontalResolution": 600,
    "JobCountSinceLastReset": 0,
    "KeepPrintedJobs": false,
    "LanguagesSupported": [ 48 ],
    "Local": true,
    "Name": "Microsoft Print to PDF",
    "PaperSizesSupported": [
       7,  1,  8,  1,  1,
      21, 22, 23, 54, 55
    ],
    "PortName": "PORTPROMPT:",
    "PrinterPaperNames": [
      "Letter",    "Tabloid",
      "Legal",     "Statement",
      "Executive", "A3",
      "A4",        "A5",
      "B4 (JIS)",  "B5 (JIS)"
    ],
    "PrinterState": 0,
    "PrinterStatus": 3,
    "PrintJobDataType": "RAW",
    "PrintProcessor": "winprint",
    "SpoolEnabled": true,
    "Status": "Unknown",
    "SystemName": "MSI",
    "VerticalResolution": 600
  }
]