Wire printer.js to the native QL protocol module

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2026-09-07 05:34:25 +00:00
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { execFile } from 'node:child_process';
import { createCanvas, loadImage, GlobalFonts } from '@napi-rs/canvas';
import config from './config.js';
import { photoAbsolutePath } from './photos.js';
import { printPng, printerHealth } from './printing/ql-print.js';
/**
* Printing happens on the server, not in the kiosk browser.
@@ -330,33 +331,24 @@ export async function printBadge(visit, site) {
if (!isConfigured(site)) throw new Error('Server printing is not turned on for this site.');
const png = await renderBadgePng(visit, site);
const file = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `badge-${crypto.randomBytes(6).toString('hex')}.png`);
fs.writeFileSync(file, png);
const port = Number(site.printer_port) || 9100;
const target = `tcp://${site.printer_host}:${port}`;
try {
await runBrotherQl(
[
'--backend', 'network',
'--model', site.printer_model || 'QL-820NWB',
'--printer', target,
'print',
'--label', labelFor(site),
file,
],
config.printing.timeoutMs
);
note(site.id, true, `Printed to ${site.printer_host}`);
return { ok: true, target };
} catch (err) {
const friendly = explainPrintError(err.message, site.printer_host);
note(site.id, false, friendly);
throw new Error(friendly);
} finally {
fs.rm(file, { force: true }, () => {});
}
// The roll decides whether the job is two-colour, not the accent setting.
// A DK-22251 roll refuses a monochrome job even when the badge has no red
// on it, so labelFor() is passed straight through and ql-print maps it.
const result = await printPng(png, {
host: site.printer_host,
port,
label: labelFor(site),
});
note(site.id, result.ok, result.message);
if (!result.ok) throw new Error(result.message);
// confirmed is false when the printer accepted the bytes but never said the
// label came out. Over the network that is the normal case, not a fault.
return { ok: true, confirmed: Boolean(result.confirmed), target };
}
/** A sample badge, for checking the printer and the layout without a real visit. */
@@ -375,7 +367,23 @@ export function sampleVisit(site) {
}
export function available() {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
execFile(config.printing.command, ['--version'], (err) => resolve(!err));
// Kept for callers that only ask "can this server print at all?". The
// external brother_ql binary is no longer involved, so the answer is always
// yes; use health(site) to ask about a specific printer.
return Promise.resolve(true);
}
/**
* Reachability and, where the printer will say, roll state.
*
* ready is tri-state: true, false, or null meaning "reachable but it won't
* tell us". Null is the normal answer over the network — show it as unknown
* in the admin console rather than green or red.
*/
export function health(site) {
return printerHealth({
host: site?.printer_host,
port: Number(site?.printer_port) || 9100,
label: labelFor(site),
});
}