BixolonPrint Corodva Plugin

Cross-platform BixolonPrint Plugin for Cordova / PhoneGap.

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Installation

Below are the methods for installing this plugin automatically using command line tools.

Using the Cordova CLI

$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/alfonsovinti/cordova-plugin-bixolon-print.git

Using the Phonegap CLI

$ phonegap local plugin add https://github.com/alfonsovinti/cordova-plugin-bixolon-print.git

Plugin Options

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.settings = {
  lineFeed: 3,
  formFeed: false,      // enable\disable jump to next position, in black marker and label modes
  autoConnect: true,    // Android only: if this is set to false displays a dialog box for selecting the printer
  toastMessage: true,   // Android only: show a printer message
  separator: '=',
  codePage: cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.CodePage.CP_1252_LATIN1 // define code page, default value is set to CP_1252_LATIN1.
};

Available Code Page

CP_437_USA               : 0,
CP_KATAKANA              : 1,
CP_850_MULTILINGUAL      : 2,
CP_860_PORTUGUESE        : 3,
CP_863_CANADIAN_FRENCH   : 4,
CP_865_NORDIC            : 5,
CP_1252_LATIN1           : 16,
CP_866_CYRILLIC2         : 17,
CP_852_LATIN2            : 18,
CP_858_EURO              : 19,
CP_862_HEBREW_DOS_CODE   : 21, // Android only
CP_864_ARABIC            : 22,
CP_THAI42                : 23,
CP_1253_GREEK            : 24,
CP_1254_TURKISH          : 25,
CP_1257_BALTIC           : 26,
CP_FARSI                 : 27,
CP_1251_CYRILLIC         : 28,
CP_737_GREEK             : 29,
CP_775_BALTIC            : 30,
CP_THAI14                : 31,
CP_1255_HEBREW_NEW_CODE  : 33,
CP_THAI11                : 34, // Android only
CP_THAI18                : 35, // Android only
CP_855_CYRILLIC          : 36,
CP_857_TURKISH           : 37,
CP_928_GREEK             : 38,
CP_THAI16                : 39,
CP_1256_ARABIC           : 40,
CP_1258_VIETNAM          : 41, // Android only
CP_KHMER_CAMBODIA        : 42, // Android only
CP_1250_CZECH            : 43  // Android only

Using the plugin

The plugin creates the object cordova/plugin/BixolonPrint with following methods:

Add line to print

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addLine({
    text       : String,    // text to print
    textAlign  : String,    // text align, default left
    textWidth  : int,       // text width, default 0
    textHeight : int,       // text height, default 0
    fontType   : String,    // font type, A or B
    fontStyle  : String     // font style, bold or underlined or reversed
});

Add line separator

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addHr(separator String);

Print text lines

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.printText(successCallback, errorCallback, config Object);

Print images

Example of config object:

  var printImage = {
      alignment: 0, // Left = 0; Center = 1; Right = 2
      width: 500,
      height: 200,
      level: 88, // 13 - 88
      dither: true,
      compress: true,
      pathName: base64Img // base64 string
  }

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.printBitmap(successCallback, errorCallback, config Object);

Cut paper

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.cutPaper(successCallback, errorCallback, config Object);

Get printer status

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.getStatus(successCallback, errorCallback, printStatus Boolean);

Examples

Print a text

cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addLine("hello cordova!");
cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.printText();

Print a custom text

// compose text
cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addLine({
    text: "hello cordova!"
    textAlign: cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.TextAlign.CENTER,
    fontStyle: cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.FontStyle.BOLD
});
cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addHr();
cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.addLine("#@*èòçìàé€");
// finally print
cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.printText(
    function (response) {
        alert("print success!")
    },
    function (error) {
        alert("print failure: " + error)
    },
    {
        codePage: cordova.plugins.bixolonPrint.CodePage.CP_1252_LATIN1
    }
);