Print Tasks

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• Introduction
• Options
  • Driver Options

#Introduction

Print tasks can be sent to your printer by creating a new print task. At the bare minimum, you need your printer's id, and the content you are going to print.

Printing::newPrintTask()
    ->printer($printerId)
    ->file('path_to_file.pdf')
    ->send();

#Options

There are several options you can set for a print job. You should consult with your print driver to see which options you have available to you.

Printing::newPrintTask()
    ->printer($printerId)
    ->file('path_to_file.pdf')
    ->jobTitle('my job title')
    ->option('fit_to_page', true) // 'fit_to_page' is an available PrintNode option
    ->copies(2)
    ->tray('Tray 1') // check if your driver and printer supports this
    ->send();

Note: If using CUPS, you can pass in a $contentType as a second parameter to the file(), url(), and content() methods. The default is application/octet-stream (PDF). More types can be found in Rawilk\Printing\Drivers\Cups\ContentType.php.

#Driver Options

• More PrintNode options can be found here: https://www.printnode.com/en/docs/api/curl#printjob-options
• More info on using CUPS options can be found here: https://github.com/smalot/cups-ipp

More info on print tasks can be found in the api reference.