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• Ionic Native wrappers for the starprnt cordova plugin for Star Micronics Bluetooth/LAN printers

Repo: https://github.com/auctifera-josed/starprnt

Installation

1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
   

   $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-starprnt
   $ npm install --save @ionic-native/star-prnt@4
   

2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

• Android
• iOS

Usage

import { StarPRNT } from '@ionic-native/star-prnt';


constructor(private starprnt: StarPRNT) { }

...


this.starprnt.portDiscovery('all')
  .then((res: any) => console.log(res))
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instance Members

Emulation

Constant for Emulation

Encoding

Constant for possible Encoding

CodePageType

CodePageType constants

InternationalType

Constant for possible InternationalType

FontStyleType

Constant for possible FontStyleType

CutPaperAction

Constant for possible CutPaperAction

BlackMarkType

Constant for possible BlackMarkType

AlignmentPosition

Constant for possible AlignmentPosition

LogoSize

Constant for possible LogoSize

BarcodeSymbology

Constant for possible BarcodeSymbology

BarcodeWidth

Constant for possible BarcodeWidth

QrCodeModel

Constant for possible QrCodeModel

QrCodeLevel

Constant for possible QrCodeLevel

BitmapConverterRotation

Constant for possible BitmapConverterRotation

portDiscovery(type)

Find available printers

checkStatus(port, emulation)

Checks the status of the printer

printRawText(port, emulation, printObj)

Prints plain text

printRasterReceipt(port, emulation, rasterObj)

Converts the text into a bitmap image and sends it to the printer

printImage(port, emulation, imageObj)

Gets an image from a string URI and converts it to bitmap to send it to the printer

openCashDrawer(port, emulation)

sends an appendPeripheral command to the printer for channels No1 and No2

print(port, emulation, commandsArray)

Sends an Array of commands to the command buffer using the Android ICommandBuilderInterface or iOS ISCBBuilderInterface

connect(port, emulation, hasBarcodeReader)

Allows you to connect to the printer, keep the connection alive and receive status updates through an observable

getStatus()

Returns an observable with the device status events. Only fires when a printer is connnected through the connect() function

disconnect()

Allows to disconnect (close the connection to the peripherals), this is useful to avoid keeping alive a connection when not in the app to save device battery (energy consumption). You should call this function when the app is paused or closed.