kimjayu / print-it

Windows service for printing PDF files to a local or network printer in the background

print-it

Windows service for printing PDF files to a local or network printer in the background.

Usage instructions

1. Download the latest release
2. Extract the package to f.e. C:\print-it
3. Create print-it as a Windows service from an elevated command line: sc create "PrintIt" binPath="C:\print-it\PrintIt.ServiceHost.exe" start=auto
4. Start the service from the command line: sc start PrintIt
5. Check if the service is listening on port 7000 by running: netstat -a | find ":7000"

API

By default, PrintIt.ServiceHost is listening on http://localhost:7000. The endpoint is configurable in appsettings.json.

[GET] /printers/list

List all available printers on the system.

[POST] /printers/install?printerPath=\\REMOTE_PC_NAME\PRINTER-NAME

Install the network printer with the UNC-path \\REMOTE_PC_NAME\PRINTER-NAME.

[POST] /print/from-pdf

To print a PDF on a given printer, post a multipart form to this end-point with the following fields:

Field Name	Required	Content
PdfFile	✔️	The PDF file to print (Content-type: application/pdf)
PrinterPath	✔️	The UNC-path of the printer to send the PDF to
PageRange		An optional page range string (f.e. "1-5", "1, 3", "1, 4-8", "2-", "-5")

PDFium

This project uses the PDFium library for rendering the PDF file which is licensed under Apache 2.0, see LICENSE.

The version included in this repository under the folder pdfium-binary was taken from https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/tag/chromium/4194.