search-printers

Node.js module to search for EPSON (and similar) thermal printers in the connected networks.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• API
• Contribute
• License

Install

# Yarn
yarn add search-printers

# NPM
npm install search-printers

Usage

const SearchPrinters = require("search-printers");

const printers = await SearchPrinters();

// or in a different port
const printers = await SearchPrinters({ port: 9090 });

Use node-thermal-printer to connect to and use the printers

API

SearchPrinters

Search for printers

Parameters

• Options Object

  All parameters are optional

  • timeout Number Socket connection timeout (in ms)

    default: 3000

  • port Number Network port to search for printers

    default: 9100

  • buffer Buffer Buffer to get printer name

Returns Array<Printer>

Printer

• host string : IPv4 address of the printer
• port number : Network port in which printer is listening
• name string : Name of the printer

Contribute

First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! Now, take a moment to be sure your contributions make sense to everyone else.

Reporting Issues

Found a problem? Want a new feature? First of all see if your issue or idea has already been reported. If not, just open a new clear and descriptive issue.

Submitting pull requests

Pull requests are the greatest contributions, so be sure they are focused in scope, and do avoid unrelated commits.

• Fork it!
• Make your changes.
• Submit a pull request with full remarks documenting your changes.