Getting Started with Pyrinter¶

Install Pyrinter¶

install pyrinter using pip:

$ pip install pyrinter

find out about your printers data

first of all import the module:

>>> from pyrinter import printer_utils

now you can get all the printers names using the get_all_printers function:

>>> printer_utils.get_all_printers()
['printer 1', 'printer 2', 'PDFCreator', 'Microsoft Print to PDF']

you may also check for the default printer name using the function get_default_printer:

>>> printer_utils.get_default_printer()
'PDFCreator'

To print a document, the first thing you should do is create the Document:

>>> from pyrinter import Document
>>> doc = Document()

the Document.__init__ method gets 2 parameters:

name - the name of the document by default - 'My Document'
page_size - the size of the paper in inches (for A4 - (8.3, 11.7)) default is A4

now you can add text to your doc:

>>> doc.add_text("Hello World")

the Document.add_text method gets 4 parameters:

text - the text that will add to the document
font - the Font we are printing with see Font for more info, by default Arial 12 normal
page - the page’s index to print in, by default create new page and add the text to this page
rect - the rect to print on in (tuple of 4 floats) in the page, by default will be 0.75 inches margin now we want to print the document

import the printer class and create instance of it:

>>> from pyrinter import Printer
>>> printer = Printer()

the Printer.__init__ method gets 1 parameter:

name - the name of the printer, must be one of the printer_utils.get_all_printers() by default will be printer_utils.get_default_printer()

now to print the doc

>>> printer.print_doc(doc)

the Printer.print_doc gets 1 parameter: