Printer Dymo

An Electron Node.js module for interacting with Dymo LabelWriter printers using the DLS SDK. This library is built and maintained by Paul Prins of Fresh Vine for their Event Kiosk.

Installation

You will need the latest Dymo LabelWriter software installed first. This provides all of the dependent Dymo libraries.

$ npm install printer-dymo --save

Use

This impementation is still very young but is production ready.

var printerDymo = require('printer-dymo'),
	fs = require('fs');

// It takes a second or two for initialization to complete.
setTimeout(function(){

	// Gets an array of IPrinter objects (Dymo printers on the current system)
	printerDymo.getPrintersAsync(null, function(err, printers){
		if (err) throw err;
		console.log(printers);
	});

	// A print object;
	var printArgs = {
		printer: 'DYMO LabelWriter 450',	//name of printer
		jobTitle: 'My Sweet Labels',
		labels:[{
			filename: 'test.label',		//path to label
			fields: {
				name: 'Timmy',
				barcode: '100360931'
			},
			images: {
				photo: fs.readFileSync('face.png')
			}
		}]
	};

	printerDymo.print(printArgs, function(err, res){
		if (err) throw err;
		console.log("Finished Printing.");
	});

}, 2000);

getPrinter

getPrinters();

getPrintersSync();

TODO

Building

Prerequisits:

Install Node.js. Then install gyp:

$ npm install -g node-gyp

For gyp you will also need:

On Windows:
- Python 2.7.x
- Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2015
- Windows 64-bit SDK
- Dymo LabelWriter v8.5.1

Publishing

npm pack
npm publish

Contributing

Fork, add unit tests for any new or changed functionality.

Lint and test your code.

Release History

1.0.0 Rebuilt the C# library as a shared library resource and not have Synchronous & Asynchronous functions.
Now includes 2 missing DYMO libraries (DYMOPrinting.dll & PrintingSupportLibrary.dll) that caused errors when deployed. These are included with both x86 & x64 flavors.
0.4.0 Refactored C# dymo.cs to use dynamic variables inplace of object variables.
0.1.0 Fix: Had default print copies set to 3 for testing that was committed.
0.0.3 Printing multiple labels in a single print job.
0.0.1 Initial release; Module boilerplate.

Renouveaux/printer-dymo-js