native-print-in-web

Using the windows native printing service in the network. Lets you use the printer installed on the host computer directly from the web

How to use

1. Install the release version of the application on the host computer.
2. Run the application.
3. connect to WebSocket address ws://127.0.0.1:9901.
4. send the following json to the server:

{
    "printer_name": "Printer name, like 'Microsoft Print To PDF'",
    "page_width": 210,
    "page_height": 297,
    "pdf_base64":"the file(PDF ONLY) you want to print, after BASE64 ENCODE"
}

5. The server will return the following json to you:

{
    "success":0 or 1,
    "msg":""
}

6. If success is 1, the printer will print the file you sent.
7. If success is 0, the msg will tell you what's wrong.

Example

How to Install

Build from source

1. Install Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6.0 SDK
2. Clone this repo
3. Open the solution file in Visual Studio
4. Build the solution
5. Done

Download from release

Download from release