Installation & Setup

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• Installation
• Publishing the config file
• Setting up a print driver
  • PrintNode
  • CUPS

#Installation

laravel-printing can be installed via composer:

composer require rawilk/laravel-printing:2.0

#Publishing the config file

You may publish the config file like this:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Rawilk\Printing\PrintingServiceProvider" --tag="config"

The contents of the default configuration file can be found here: https://github.com/rawilk/laravel-printing/blob/v2/config/printing.php

#Setting up a print driver

To print with laravel printing, you must set up a supported print driver.

#PrintNode

• You must sign up for an account at PrintNode. You can sign up here: https://app.printnode.com/app/login/register
• Review the requirements for the PrintNode driver
• Enter your api key in your .env file: PRINT_NODE_API_KEY=your-api-key
• In the terminal, run: composer require printnode/printnode-php

#CUPS

• Review the requirements for the CUPS driver
• If using a remote server, enter your remote server credentials in the .env file (see config)
• In the terminal, run: composer require smalot/cups-ipp