choiceqr-react-native-thermal-printer
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1.5.2 • Public • Published

choiceqr-react-native-thermal-printer

Fork of react-native-printer and add implement for auto connect printer with usb A React Native Library to support USB/BLE/Net printer

Node.js Package

Installation

npm i choiceqr-react-native-thermal-printer

Troubleshoot

  • when install in react-native version >= 0.60, xcode show this error
duplicate symbols for architecture x86_64

that because the .a library uses CocoaAsyncSocket library and Flipper uses it too

Podfile

...
  use_native_modules!

  # Enables Flipper.
  #
  # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
  # you should disable these next few lines.
  # add_flipper_pods!
  # post_install do |installer|
  #   flipper_post_install(installer)
  # end
...

and comment out code related to Flipper in ios/AppDelegate.m

Support

Printer Android IOS
USBPrinter ✔️
BLEPrinter ✔️ ✔️
NetPrinter ✔️ ✔️

Predefined tag

Tags Description
C Center
D Medium font
B Large font
M Medium font
CM Medium font, centered
CB Medium font, centered
CD Large font, centered

Development workflow

To get started with the project, run yarn bootstrap in the root directory to install the required dependencies for each package:

yarn bootstrap

Usage

import {
	USBPrinter,
	NetPrinter,
	BLEPrinter,
} from "choiceqr-react-native-thermal-printer";

USBPrinter.printText("<C>sample text</C>");
USBPrinter.printBill("<C>sample bill</C>");

Example

USBPrinter (only support android)

interface IUSBPrinter {
	device_name: string;
	vendor_id: number;
	product_id: number;
}
  const [printers, setPrinters] = useState([]);
const [currentPrinter, setCurrentPrinter] = useState();

useEffect = () => {
	if (Platform.OS == 'android') {
		USBPrinter.init().then(() => {
			//list printers
			USBPrinter.getDeviceList().then(setPrinters);
		})
	}
}

const _connectPrinter = (printer) => USBPrinter.connectPrinter(printer.vendorID, printer.productId).then(() => setCurrentPrinter(printer))

const printTextTest = () => {
	currentPrinter && USBPrinter.printText("<C>sample text</C>\n");
}

const printBillTest = () => {
	currentPrinter && USBPrinter.printBill("<C>sample bill</C>");
}

...

return (
	<View style={styles.container}>
		{
			printers.map(printer => (
				<TouchableOpacity key={printer.device_id} onPress={() => _connectPrinter(printer)}>
					{`device_name: ${printer.device_name}, device_id: ${printer.device_id}, vendor_id: ${printer.vendor_id}, product_id: ${printer.product_id}`}
				</TouchableOpacity>
			))
		}
		<TouchableOpacity onPress={printTextTest}>
			<Text>Print Text</Text>
		</TouchableOpacity>
		<TouchableOpacity onPress={printBillTest}>
			<Text>Print Bill Text</Text>
		</TouchableOpacity>
	</View>
)

...

BLEPrinter

interface IBLEPrinter {
	device_name: string;
	inner_mac_address: string;
}
  const [printers, setPrinters] = useState([]);
const [currentPrinter, setCurrentPrinter] = useState();

useEffect(() => {
	BLEPrinter.init().then(() => {
		BLEPrinter.getDeviceList().then(setPrinters);
	});
}, []);

_connectPrinter => (printer) => {
	//connect printer
	BLEPrinter.connectPrinter(printer.inner_mac_address).then(
		setCurrentPrinter,
		error => console.warn(error))
}

printTextTest = () => {
	currentPrinter && BLEPrinter.printText("<C>sample text</C>\n");
}

printBillTest = () => {
	currentPrinter && BLEPrinter.printBill("<C>sample bill</C>");
}

...

return (
	<View style={styles.container}>
		{
			this.state.printers.map(printer => (
				<TouchableOpacity key={printer.inner_mac_address} onPress={() => _connectPrinter(printer)}>
					{`device_name: ${printer.device_name}, inner_mac_address: ${printer.inner_mac_address}`}
				</TouchableOpacity>
			))
		}
		<TouchableOpacity onPress={printTextTest}>
			<Text>Print Text</Text>
		</TouchableOpacity>
		<TouchableOpacity onPress={printBillTest}>
			<Text>Print Bill Text</Text>
		</TouchableOpacity>
	</View>
)

...

NetPrinter

interface INetPrinter {
	device_name: string;
	host: string;
	port: number;
}

Note: get list device for net printers is support scanning in local ip but not recommended

componentDidMount = () => {
	NetPrinter.init().then(() => {
		this.setState(Object.assign({}, this.state, { printers: [{ host: '192.168.10.241', port: 9100 }] }))
	})
}

_connectPrinter => (host, port) => {
	//connect printer
	NetPrinter.connectPrinter(host, port).then(
		(printer) => this.setState(Object.assign({}, this.state, { currentPrinter: printer })),
		error => console.warn(error))
}

printTextTest = () => {
	if (this.state.currentPrinter) {
		NetPrinter.printText("<C>sample text</C>\n");
	}
}

printBillTest = () => {
	if (this.state.currentPrinter) {
		NetPrinter.printBill("<C>sample bill</C>");
	}
}

...

render()
{
	return (
		<View style={styles.container}>
			{
				this.state.printers.map(printer => (
					<TouchableOpacity key={printer.device_id}
														onPress={(printer) => this._connectPrinter(printer.host, printer.port)}>
						{`device_name: ${printer.device_name}, host: ${printer.host}, port: ${printer.port}`}
					</TouchableOpacity>
				))
			}
			<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.printTextTest()}>
				<Text>Print Text</Text>
			</TouchableOpacity>
			<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.printBillTest()}>
				<Text>Print Bill Text</Text>
			</TouchableOpacity>
		</View>
	)
}

With Encoder

  import EscPosEncoder from 'esc-pos-encoder';
import { errors } from '@sideway/address';

const encoder = new EscPosEncoder();

const printBillTest = () => {
	const encoderResult = encoder
		.codepage('windows1251')
		.text('Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn')
		.codepage('cp737')
		.text('ξεσκεπάζω την ψυχοφθόρα βδελυγμία')
		.encode();
	BLEPrinter.printRawData(encoderResult, (error: Error) => console.log('error callback: ', error));
};

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