Printer Capacitor plugin

Using @capgo/capacitor-printer

Capacitor plugin for printing documents, HTML, PDFs, images and web views.

Install

bun add @capgo/capacitor-printer
bunx cap sync

What This Plugin Exposes

• printBase64 - Presents the printing UI to print files encoded as base64 strings.
• printFile - Presents the printing UI to print device files.
• printHtml - Presents the printing UI to print HTML documents.
• printPdf - Presents the printing UI to print PDF documents.

Example Usage

printBase64

Presents the printing UI to print files encoded as base64 strings.

import { Printer } from '@capgo/capacitor-printer';

// Print a base64 encoded PDF
await Printer.printBase64({
  name: 'Invoice #12345',
  data: 'base64-encoded-pdf-data',
  mimeType: 'application/pdf',
});

// Print a base64 encoded image
await Printer.printBase64({
  name: 'Product Photo',
  data: '/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDA...',
  mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
});

printFile

Presents the printing UI to print device files.

import { Printer } from '@capgo/capacitor-printer';

// iOS: Print from app documents directory
await Printer.printFile({
  name: 'Contract',
  path: 'file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/.../Documents/contract.pdf',
});

// Android: Print from content URI
await Printer.printFile({
  name: 'Receipt',
  path: 'content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/123',
  mimeType: 'application/pdf',
});

// Android: Print from file path
await Printer.printFile({
  name: 'Photo',
  path: 'file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/photo.jpg',
  mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
});

printHtml

Presents the printing UI to print HTML documents.

import { Printer } from '@capgo/capacitor-printer';

// Simple HTML document
await Printer.printHtml({
name: 'Sales Report',
html: '<html><body><h1>Q4 Sales Report</h1><p>Revenue: $125,000</p></body></html>',
});

// HTML with print-specific CSS
await Printer.printHtml({
name: 'Styled Invoice',
html: `
<html>
<head>
<style>

printPdf

Presents the printing UI to print PDF documents.

import { Printer } from '@capgo/capacitor-printer';

// Print PDF from app storage
await Printer.printPdf({
  name: 'Annual Report 2024',
  path: 'file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/.../Documents/report.pdf',
});

// Print PDF from Android downloads
await Printer.printPdf({
  name: 'Downloaded Document',
  path: 'content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/123',
});

Full Reference

• GitHub: https://github.com/Cap-go/capacitor-printer/
• Docs: /docs/plugins/printer/

Keep going from Using @capgo/capacitor-printer

If you are using Using @capgo/capacitor-printer to plan native plugin work, connect it with @capgo/capacitor-printer for the implementation detail in @capgo/capacitor-printer, Getting Started for the implementation detail in Getting Started, Capgo Plugin Directory for the product workflow in Capgo Plugin Directory, Capacitor Plugins by Capgo for the implementation detail in Capacitor Plugins by Capgo, and Adding or Updating Plugins for the implementation detail in Adding or Updating Plugins.