B4J Library jSD: Bluetooth Printer

BT_Printer library allows you to print text and image to a bluetooth thermal printers
It is similar to the BT_Printer library for Android (BLE_Printer for iOS), and implementations, events and methods are almost identical.
We are working to have the same library for all platforms. On iOS it will be different because it uses BLE, but we will try to standardize the use.

This version requires an activation code. If you do not have a code then it will work in DEMO mode and you will only be able to print every 4 minutes.

Dependence: jBluetooth

jSD_BT_Printer

Author: Star-Dust
Version: 0.03

• BT_Printer
  • Events:
    • BluetoothIsDisabled
    • ConnectedToPrint (Success As Boolean)
    • DiscoveryFinished
    • DiscoveryNewPrinter (Name As String, MacAdress As String)
    • DiscoveryNoDeviceFound
    • ErrorDiscovery
    • SendingError (Mac As String)
  • Fields:
    • AStream As AsyncStreams
  • Functions:
    • AddBuffer_ArrayByte (B As Byte()) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_BarCode (Code As String) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_Bitmap (Bmp As Image, ShiftLeft As Int) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_List_Write (list As List) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_List_WriteLine (list As List) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_Tab (ArrayTab As Int()) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_Write (Text As String) As String
      
    • AddBuffer_WriteLine (Text As String) As String
      
    • Class_Globals As String
      
    • ClearBuffer As String
      
    • Close As String
      
    • Connected As Boolean
      
    • flushAllAndClose As String
      
    • Initialize (CallBack As Object, EventName As String, EncodingType As String, CodeActivation As String) As String
      Initializes the object. You can add parameters to this method if needed.
    • IsInitialized As Boolean
      Verifica se l'oggetto sia stato inizializzato.
    • SearchNewPrinter As String
      
    • SelectFromMac (Mac As String) As String
      
    • SendBufferToPrinter ' Only with CodeActivation
• ESC_POS
  • Fields:
    • BoldOff As String
      
    • BoldOn As String
      
    • DoubleOff As String
      
    • DoubleOn As String
      
    • FontA_Bold As String
      
    • FontA_DoubleHight As String
      
    • FontA_DoubleWide As String
      
    • FontA_DoubleWideHight As String
      
    • FontA_Normal As String
      
    • FontB_Bold As String
      
    • FontB_DoubleHight As String
      
    • FontB_DoubleWide As String
      
    • FontB_DoubleWideHight As String
      
    • FontB_Normal As String
      
    • InitializePrinter As String
  • Functions:
    • Process_Globals As String
• Encoding
  • Fields:
    • ISO8859 As String
      
    • UTF8 As String
      
    • Windows1252 As String
  • Functions:
    • Process_Globals As String

 

Update rel 0.02

• Now you can print images.

To get the activation code (to have the complete functions) contact me in private

 

Is this the update of your library what i m trying for?
Can i use it for b4a?
If so, as you said how contact you privately?
Private message means private conversation in b4a community site or your email? Pl provide email if necessary to contact u on email.

 

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Update rel 0.03

Code:

Printer.AddBuffer_Writeline("TEST PRINTER")
Printer.AddBuffer_Writeline("_____________")
Printer.SendBufferToPrinter
Printer.ClearBuffer
Printer.AddBuffer_Bitmap(CreateImage(Chr(0xF209),xui.CreateFontAwesome(60)),0)
Printer.AddBuffer_Bitmap(CreateImage(Chr(0xF17B),xui.CreateFontAwesome(60)),0)
Printer.SendBufferToPrinter

Code:

Sub CreateImage(Text As String,Font As B4XFont) As Image
    Dim Can As B4XCanvas
    Dim V As B4XView = xui.CreatePanel("")
    V.SetLayoutAnimated(0,0,0,120,120)
 
    Can.Initialize(V)
    Can.DrawRect(Can.TargetRect,xui.Color_White,True,1)
    Can.DrawText(Text,Can.TargetRect.CenterX,Can.TargetRect.CenterY,Font,xui.Color_Black,"CENTER")
    Can.Invalidate
    Return Can.CreateBitmap
End Sub

RESULT