Printer-mgmt

Node module to Add, delete, get or set default Printer and list added Printers. Supports Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Prerequisites

Install the required printers driver packages in Mac and Linux environments.

Windows environments requires, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) or Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) needs to be installed. Also, copy printermgmt.dll from the module's dist/win32 or dist/win64 to %system32% based on the windows machine's architecture.

Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry.

Before installing, download and install Node.js. Node.js 0.10 or higher is required.

Installation is done using the npm install command:

npm install printer-mgmt

Using the module

const Printer = require("printer-mgmt");
const printer = new Printer();

printer.listPrintQueues();
printer.addPrintQueue(printerOptions);
printer.setDefaultPrintQueue("test");
printer.getDefaultPrintQueue();
printer.deletePrintQueue("test");

Follow, examples for more information.

Features

Performs printer management on Windows, Mac and Linux environments

Supports 32 bit and 64 bit Operating systems

Easy to Use

Works fast

Author

• Sendil Kumar Gurusamy - sendevour

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details