// // printserver.js // WebSocket print server // // dependencies: // npm install printer ws // Windows // npm install --global windows-build-tools // Linux // sudo apt-get install node-gyp // sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev // // Neil Gershenfeld // (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2017 // // This work may be reproduced, modified, distributed, performed, and // displayed for any purpose, but must acknowledge the mods // project. Copyright is retained and must be preserved. The work is // provided as is no warranty is provided, and users accept all // liability. // // check command line // if (process.argv.length < 4) { console.log("command line: node printserver.js client_address server_port") process.exit(-1) } // // start server // var client_address = process.argv[2] var server_port = process.argv[3] console.log("listening for connection from client address "+client_address+" on server port "+server_port) // // requires // var printer = require("printer") var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server // // start WebSocket server // wss = new WebSocketServer({port:server_port}) // // handle connection // wss.on('connection',function(ws) { // // check address // if (!ws._socket.remoteAddress) { console.log("connection rejected from "+ws._socket.remoteAddress) ws.send('socket closed') ws.close() } else { console.log("connection accepted from "+ws._socket.remoteAddress) // get printer list function getPrinterList() { var printerList = [] var printers = printer.getPrinters() if (printers && printers.length) { var i = printers.length for (i in printers) { var pr = printers[i] printerList.push(pr.name) } } var printerListObj = {} printerListObj['printerList'] = printerList printerListObj['default'] = printer.getDefaultPrinterName() return printerListObj } ws.send(JSON.stringify(getPrinterList())) ws.send('socket opened') } // // handle messages // var cancel var pagesPrinted ws.on("message",function(msg) { console.log(msg) // // cancel job // if (msg == 'cancel') { cancel = true } // // start job // else { var job = JSON.parse(msg) console.log('writing '+job.name+' (length '+job.contents.length+') to printer '+job.printer) cancel = false print() // // print all // function print() { console.log(job.contents) printer.printDirect({data:job.contents,type:'RAW', printer:job.printer,success: function (jobID) { console.log("sent to printer with ID: "+jobID) check_process() // // Check process // function check_process() { var jobInfo try { jobInfo = printer.getJob(job.printer,jobID) } catch (err) { ws.send('done') return } console.log("current job info:"+ JSON.stringify(jobInfo)) if (jobInfo.status.indexOf('PRINTED') !== -1) { var ret = printer.setJob(job.printer, jobID,'CANCEL') ws.send('done') return } // // cancel // if (cancel) { console.log('cancelling...') ws.send('cancel') var ret = printer.setJob(job.printer, jobID,'CANCEL') console.log("cancelled: "+ret) } // // continue // else { ws.send(jobInfo.status[0]) setTimeout(check_process,1000) } } }, error: function(err) { console.log(err) ws.send('error '+err) } }) } } }) // // close // ws.on("close",function() { console.log("connection closed") }) })