Printer

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• Introduction
• Printer Id
• Printer Name
• Capabilities
• Trays
• Printer status
• Description
• Serialization

#Introduction

Each printer object should be an implementation of Rawilk\Printing\Contracts\Printer. The printer has several properties on it that can be accessed via these methods:

#Printer Id

Your print server will create a unique id for each printer you have on it. You can retrieve the id like this:

$printer->id()

#Printer Name

Each printer should also have a name, which can be retrieved like this:

$printer->name()

#Capabilities

Your print server should be able to return a listing of the printer's capabilities. You can retrieve an array of them via:

$printer->capabilities()

#Trays

If your printer and print driver support it, you can get a listing of your printer's available trays for use later:

$printer->trays()

#Printer status

Your print server should return a text representation of your printer's current status:

$printer->status()

You can also check if the printer is online via:

$printer->isOnline()

#Description

If your printer has a description set on it, it can be retrieved via:

$printer->description()

#Serialization

The printer object can also be cast to array or json, and it will return the following info:

• id
• name
• description
• online
• status
• trays