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### Reason:
I was involved in a project where I need to print from Node.JS. This is the reason why I created this project and I want to share my code with others.
### Features:
* no dependecies;
* native method wrappers from Windows and POSIX (which uses [CUPS 1.4/MAC OS X 10.6](http://cups.org/)) APIs;
* compatible with node v0.8.x, 0.9.x and v0.11.x (with 0.11.9 and 0.11.13);
* compatible with node-webkit v0.8.x and 0.9.2;
*`getPrinters()` to enumerate all installed printers with current jobs and statuses;
*`getPrinter(printerName)` to get a specific/default printer info with current jobs and statuses;
*`getPrinterDriverOptions(printerName)` ([POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX) only) to get a specific/default printer driver options such as supported paper size and other info
*`getSelectedPaperSize(printerName)` ([POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX) only) to get a specific/default printer default paper size from its driver options
*`getDefaultPrinterName()` return the default printer name;
*`printDirect(options)` to send a job to a specific/default printer, now supports [CUPS options](http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html) passed in the form of a JS object (see `cancelJob.js` example). To print a PDF from windows it is possible by using [node-pdfium module](https://github.com/tojocky/node-pdfium) to convert a PDF format into EMF and after to send to printer as EMF;
*`printFile(options)` ([POSIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX) only) to print a file;
*`getSupportedPrintFormats()` to get all possible print formats for printDirect method which depends on OS. `RAW` and `TEXT` are supported from all OS-es;
*`getJob(printerName, jobId)` to get a specific job info including job status;
*`setJob(printerName, jobId, command)` to send a command to a job (e.g. `'CANCEL'` to cancel the job);
*`getSupportedJobCommands()` to get supported job commands for setJob() depends on OS. `'CANCEL'` command is supported from all OS-es.
### How to install:
Make sure you have Python 2.x installed on your system. Windows users will also require Visual Studio (2013 Express is a good fit)
from [npmjs.org](https://www.npmjs.org/package/printer)
npm install -g node-gyp
npm install printer --msvs_version=2013
or [direct from git](https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-install.html):