canvasToCPCL

Description

Converts a canvas to CPCL (Comtec Printer Control Language), a programming language used by printers.

Input / Parameter

Name	Description	Input Type	Default	Options	Required
canvas	The name of the canvas to convert.	String/Text	-	-	Yes
singlePrint	To print single-sided or not.	Boolean	true	true, false	No
copies	The number of copies to print.	Number	1	-	No
blackMark	To show black mark or not.	Boolean	false?	true, false	No

Output

N/A

Callback

N/A

Video

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Example

Steps

1. In this example, we will connect to a bluetooth printer, use canvasToCPCL to convert a canvas to CPCL which will be sent to the printer for printing.

   
2. For btPrinterConnect, enter the printerId of the bluetooth printer.

3. For canvasGenerateFrom, enter the details of the image or PDF to be converted to canvas. In this example we are using a base64 string of an image.

   Field	Value
   type	base64
   value	(base64-encoded string of your image)
   fileType	image

   
4. For btPrinterPrint, under the "text" field, add a function canvasToCPCL to convert the canvas format into CPCL (a language used by thermal printers).

   

Result

Image will be printed by the connected bluetooth printer.

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