Cordova Plugin for Thermal Printer's

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This plugin is a wrapper for the Android library for ESC/POS Thermal Printer.

Install

Cordova

$ cordova plugin add thermal-printer-cordova-plugin

Ionic

$ ionic cordova plugin add thermal-printer-cordova-plugin

Capacitor

$ npm install thermal-printer-cordova-plugin
$ npx cap sync

Don't forget to add BLUETOOTH and INTERNET (for TCP) permissions and for USB printers the android.hardware.usb.host feature to the AndroidManifest.xml.

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.usb.host" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Examples

Notice for TypeScript-Developers

You can easily import and use the ThermalPrinter plugin in your TypeScript-Projects.

import { ThermalPrinterPlugin } from 'thermal-printer-cordova-plugin/src';

declare let ThermalPrinter: ThermalPrinterPlugin;

And then use the following examples in your code.

Print via Bluetooth

Printing via Bluetooth is as easy as possible.

ThermalPrinter.printFormattedText({
    type: 'bluetooth',
    id: 'first', // You can also use the identifier directly i. e. 00:11:22:33:44:55 (address) or name
    text: '[C]<u><font size='big'>Hello World</font></u>' // new lines with "\n"
}, function() {
    console.log('Successfully printed!');
}, function(error) {
    console.error('Printing error', error);
});

Notice: If not working please ensure that you have the printer connected. (Settings -> Bluetooth -> Pairing) If you have other issues maybe you have not granted the android.permission.BLUETOOTH permission.

Print via TCP

Printing via TCP is as easy as possible.

ThermalPrinter.printFormattedText({
    type: 'tcp',
    address: '192.168.1.123',
    port: 9100,
    id: 'tcp-printer-001', // Use an unique identifier for each printer i. e. address:port or name
    text: '[C]<u><font size='big'>Hello World</font></u>' // new lines with "\n"
}, function() {
    console.log('Successfully printed!');
}, function(error) {
    console.error('Printing error', error);
});

Notice: If not working please ensure that your device can ping the printer. And the printer must be a POSPrinter! Also ensure that you're using the correct port. 9100 is default for the thermal printers.

Print via USB (incl. listPrinters and requestPermissions)

1. First we get our printer because we don't know the printer's ID.
2. Then we request permissions for printing. This is needed because Android will not allow us to access all devices.
3. And finally we can print with our device.

ThermalPrinter.listPrinters({type: 'usb'}, function(printers) {
    if (printers.length > 0) {
        var printer = printers[0];
        ThermalPrinter.requestPermissions(printer, function() {
            // Permission granted - We can print!
            ThermalPrinter.printFormattedText({
                type: 'usb',
                id: printer.id,
                text: '[C]<u><font size='big'>Hello World</font></u>' // new lines with "\n"
            }, function() {
                console.log('Successfully printed!');
            }, function(error) {
                console.error('Printing error', error);
            });
        }, function(error) {
            console.error('Permission denied - We can\'t print!');
        });
    } else {
        console.error('No printers found!');
    }
}, function(error) {
    console.error('Ups, we cant list the printers!', error);
});

listPrinters(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

List available printers

Param	Type	Description
data	Object	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "usb"	Type of list: bluetooth or usb
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

printFormattedText(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Print a formatted text and feed paper

See: https://github.com/DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android#formatted-text--syntax-guide

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
[data.mmFeedPaper]	number	Millimeter distance feed paper at the end
[data.dotsFeedPaper]	number	Distance feed paper at the end
data.text	string	Formatted text to be printed
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

printFormattedTextAndCut(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Print a formatted text, feed paper and cut the paper

See: https://github.com/DantSu/ESCPOS-ThermalPrinter-Android#formatted-text--syntax-guide

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
[data.mmFeedPaper]	number	Millimeter distance feed paper at the end
[data.dotsFeedPaper]	number	Distance feed paper at the end
data.text	string	Formatted text to be printed
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

getEncoding(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Get the printer encoding when available

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

disconnectPrinter(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Close the connection with the printer

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

requestPermissions(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Request permissions for USB printers

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure

bitmapToHexadecimalString(data, successCallback, errorCallback)

Convert Drawable instance to a hexadecimal string of the image data

Param	Type	Description
data	Array.<Object>	Data object
data.type	"bluetooth" | "tcp" | "usb"	List all bluetooth or usb printers
[data.id]	string | number	ID of printer to find (Bluetooth: address, TCP: Use address + port instead, USB: deviceId)
[data.address]	string	If type is "tcp" then the IP Address of the printer
[data.port]	number	If type is "tcp" then the Port of the printer
data.base64	string	Base64 encoded picture string to convert
successCallback	function	Result on success
errorCallback	function	Result on failure