laravel-printing

Laravel Printing allows your application to directly send PDF documents or raw text directly from a remote server to a printer on your local network. Receipts can also be printed by first generating the raw text via the Rawilk\Printing\Receipts\ReceiptPrinter class, and then sending the text as a raw print job via the Printing facade.

$printJob = Printing::newPrintTask()
    ->printer($printerId)
    ->file('path_to_file.pdf')
    ->send();

$printJob->id(); // the id number returned from the print server

Supported Print Drivers:

• PrintNode: https://printnode.com
• CUPS: https://cups.org

Documentation:

For documentation, please visit: https://randallwilk.dev/docs/laravel-printing

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require rawilk/laravel-printing

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Rawilk\Printing\PrintingServiceProvider" --tag="config"

This is the contents of the published config file:

return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Driver
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Supported: `printnode`, `cups`
    |
    */
    'driver' => env('PRINTING_DRIVER', 'printnode'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Drivers
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Configuration for each driver.
    |
    */
    'drivers' => [
        'printnode' => [
            'key' => env('PRINT_NODE_API_KEY'),
        ],
        'cups' => [
            'ip' => env('CUPS_SERVER_IP'),
            'username' => env('CUPS_SERVER_USERNAME'),
            'password' => env('CUPS_SERVER_PASSWORD'),
            'port' => env('CUPS_SERVER_PORT', 631),
        ],
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Default Printer Id
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | If you know the id of a default printer you want to use, enter it here.
    |
    */
    'default_printer_id' => null,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Receipt Printer Options
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    */
    'receipts' => [
        /*
         * How many characters fit across a single line on the receipt paper.
         * Adjust according to your needs.
         */
        'line_character_length' => 45,

        /*
         * The width of the print area in dots.
         * Adjust according to your needs.
         */
        'print_width' => 550,

        /*
         * The height (in dots) barcodes should be printed normally.
         */
        'barcode_height' => 64,

        /*
         * The width (magnification) each barcode should be printed in normally.
         */
        'barcode_width' => 2,
    ],
];

Roadmap

• Add support for custom drivers

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email randall@randallwilk.dev instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Randall Wilk
• All Contributors
• Mike42 for the PHP ESC/POS Print Driver library

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.