node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos 0.0.1 → 0.1.1

package/README.md

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 # node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos) [<img height="20px" src="https://nodered.org/about/resources/media/node-red-hexagon.png">](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos)
+
+![Epson printer example](./docs/exampleHardware.jpg)
+
+### Example usage ([JSON export](./examples/inject.json))
+
+![Example nodes composition](./docs/exampleNode.png)
+
+![Example node configuration](./docs/exampleConfiguration.png)

package/nodes/node.html

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		defaults: {
 			name: { value: '' },
 			host: { value: '' },
-			type: { value: 'text' },
+			payloadType: { value: 'text' },
 			payload: { value: "I'm Mr. Printer.\nLook at me!" },
 		},
 		label: function () {
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 		<input type="text" id="node-input-host" placeholder="192.168.1.101:9100" />
 	</div>
 	<div class="form-row">
-		<label for="node-input-type"><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i> Type</label>
-		<select id="node-input-type">
+		<label for="node-input-payloadType"
+			><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i> Type</label
+		>
+		<select id="node-input-payloadType">
 			<option value="text">Text</option>
 			<option value="image">Image</option>
 			<option value="buffer">Buffer</option>

package/nodes/node.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
 var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
+const iconv_lite_1 = __importDefault(require("iconv-lite"));
 const node_net_1 = __importDefault(require("node:net"));
 const node_url_1 = require("node:url");
 const connectTcp = (options) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ const connectTcp = (options) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     socket.once('connect', () => resolve(socket));
     socket.once('error', (error) => reject(error));
 });
-const allowedTypes = ['text', 'image', 'buffer'];
+const encodeText = (text) => {
+    // Remove all characters that are not letters, numbers, punctuation or whitespace printers cannot handle emojis
+    const filtered = text.replaceAll(/[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{P}\p{Z}\n\r×]+/gu, '');
+    return iconv_lite_1.default.encode(filtered, 'CP852');
+};
+const allowedPayloadTypes = ['text', 'image', 'buffer'];
 module.exports = function (RED) {
     function TcpEscposNode(configuration) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this, configuration);
@@ -29,22 +35,29 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
             const error = yield (() => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
                 try {
                     const payload = (() => {
-                        const type = allowedTypes.find((type) => type === message.type) ||
-                            configuration.type;
+                        const payloadType = allowedPayloadTypes.find((type) => type === message.type) ||
+                            configuration.payloadType;
                         const payload = message.payload || configuration.payload;
-                        if (type === 'text') {
-                            throw new Error('Text type not implemented yet');
+                        if (payloadType === 'text') {
+                            const commands = [];
+                            commands.push(Buffer.from([0x1b, 0x40])); // Initialize printer
+                            commands.push(Buffer.from([0x1b, 0x74, 18])); // Language options: 18 is CP852 code table
+                            commands.push(Buffer.from([0x1b, 0x61, 1])); // Center alignment
+                            commands.push(encodeText(String(payload)));
+                            commands.push(Buffer.from([0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x0a])); // New lines
+                            commands.push(Buffer.from([0x1b, 0x69])); // Cut
+                            return Buffer.concat(commands);
                         }
-                        if (type === 'image') {
+                        if (payloadType === 'image') {
                             throw new Error('Image type not implemented yet');
                         }
-                        if (type === 'buffer') {
+                        if (payloadType === 'buffer') {
                             if (Array.isArray(payload)) {
                                 return Buffer.from(payload);
                             }
                             return Buffer.from(payload, 'base64');
                         }
-                        return type;
+                        return payloadType;
                     })();
                     this.status({ fill: 'yellow', shape: 'dot', text: 'connecting…' });
                     const hostname = message.host || configuration.host;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "node-red-contrib-tcp-escpos",
-	"version": "0.0.1",
+	"version": "0.1.1",
 	"description": "Escpos over TCP/IP node for Node-RED",
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/node": "^18.14.0",
@@ -37,5 +37,8 @@
 		"nodes": {
 			"node": "nodes/node.js"
 		}
+	},
+	"dependencies": {
+		"iconv-lite": "^0.7.0"
 	}
 }