PrintTask

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• content
• file
• url
• jobTitle
• printer
• printSource
• tags
• tray
• copies
• range
• option
• send

Rawilk\Printing\PrintTask

#content

/**
 * Set the content to be printed. 
 *
 * @param string $content
 * @return PrintTask 
 */
public function content($content): self;

#file

/**
 * Set the path to a pdf file to be printed. 
 *
 * @param string $filePath
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function file(string $filePath): self;

#url

/**
 * Set a url to be printed.
 *
 * @param string $url
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function url(string $url): self;

#jobTitle

/**
 * Set the title of the print task.
 * Defaults to a randomly generated id.
 *
 * @param string $jobTitle
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function jobTitle(string $jobTitle): self;

#printer

/**
 * Set the id of the printer to print to. This method must be called
 * when printing. 
 *
 * @param string|int $printerId
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function printer($printerId): self;

#printSource

/**
 * Set a source of the print task. Defaults to the application name.
 *
 * @param string $printSource
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function printSource(string $printSource): self;

#tags

/**
 * Add tags to the task if your driver supports it. 
 *
 * @param string|array|mixed $tags
 * @return PrintTask 
 */
public function tags($tags): self;

#tray

/**
 * Set a tray to print to if your printer and driver support it.
 *
 * @param string $tray
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function tray($tray): self;

#copies

/**
 * Set the amount of copies to print.
 *
 * @param int $copies
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function copies(int $copies): self;

#range

/**
 * Set the page range to print.
 * Omit $end to start at a page and continue to the end. 
 *
 * @param int|string $start
 * @param int|null @end
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function range($start, $end = null): self;

#option

/**
 * Set an option for the print task that your driver supports.
 *
 * @param string $key
 * @param mixed $value
 * @return PrintTask
 */
public function option(string $key, $value): self;

#send

/**
 * Send the print task to your print server. 
 * If successful, it will return a PrintJob instance.
 *
 * @return PrintJob 
 */
public function send(): PrintJob;