talesluna-zz/rust-printers

A simple lib to get a list of printers on unix and windows, and print documents

Printers

What is and what is not

Printers is not a lib for print drivers or cups. Printers is a simple lib for running "native" printing commands from unix (lp/lpstat) and windows (lpr/wmic) systems.

Printer can provide a list of printers available on the system and perform document printing.

Behavior

• Printer::get_printers() -> Vec<Printer>

Run lpstat or wmic -> Return a vector of available printers

• Job::print(Printer, buffer) -> Job

Save buffer as temporary file -> Request print of the temp file with lp or lpr

Example

use printers::Job;
use printers::Printer;

fn main() {

    // Vector of system printers
    let printers = Printer::get_printers();
    println!("{:?}", printers);

    // Print in all printers
    for printer in printers {
        let job = Job::print(&printer, "42".as_bytes());
        println!("{:?}", job);
    }

}