适用于Android的蓝牙和WIFI打印

时间:2011-01-11 09:43:42

标签: android printing bluetooth wifi printers

我们需要一台可以通过蓝牙或wifi连接到Android手机的便携式打印机(手持设备,这很重要)。

目前我所知道的:

  • 这次没有适用于Android的标准打印SDK
  • 有一个名为iPrint SDK的非官方SDK。有没有人通过wifi或蓝牙试过?它有用吗?
  • Printershare也声称是programmaticly available。我可以为每部手机支付5美元的一次性费用。它有很多支持的格式。你有没有尝试过任何手持设备?我向他们询问了支持的蓝牙打印机列表(因为它有一个菜单项“搜索BT打印机”),但他们没有回答。

我已经问过上面需要了解的内容:

  • 你如何从Android应用程序打印?
  • 您使用什么类型的打印机?
  • 是否计划在标准的android SDK中包含打印?什么是路线图?它现在可以作为Beta还是什么用?
  • 如果我们以某种方式(我不这么认为)通过蓝牙构建自己的打印解决方案,您能推荐标准和协议来检查和学习吗?

7 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:19)

Android 4.4开始,您可以通过wifi将文档从设备打印到硬件打印机。

  

Android应用现在可以通过Wi-Fi或云托管服务(如Google Cloud Print)打印任何类型的内容。在支持打印的应用程序中,用户可以发现可用的打印机,更改纸张大小,选择要打印的特定页面,以及打印几乎任何类型的文档,图像或文件。

如何开始打印过程的简短示例:

private void doPrint() {
    PrintManager printManager = (PrintManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.PRINT_SERVICE);
    printManager.print("My document", new CustomPrintDocumentAdapter(getActivity()), null);
}

其中CustomPrintDocumentAdapter扩展PrintDocumentAdapter

有关详情,请参阅Android Developers

答案 1 :(得分:16)

目前无法在Android上通过蓝牙打印(据我所知),因为Android不支持蓝牙'配置文件',例如BPP(基本打印配置文件),HCRP(硬拷贝替换配置文件),BIP(基本打印)成像配置文件)等,这是与蓝牙打印一起使用的常见配置文件。 参考。 this了解打印BT配置文件。

目前,Android支持OPP(对象推送配置文件),用于通过蓝牙发送文件。

要在Android蓝牙堆栈中实现打印蓝牙配置文件,您可以参考Sybase-iAnywhere-Blue-SDK-for-Android,它提供了一个SDK,可以将此功能添加到Android上现有的BT堆栈实现中。

对于Wifi打印,市场上有许多应用程序允许您从Android手机打印各种文档和图像。有关此类应用,请参阅PrinterShare。对于Wifi打印,您可以使用可以通过以太网(LAN)连接的任何打印机。

另请查看启用了“Google Cloud Print”的打印机,该打印机使用云打印到世界上任何地方连接的打印机,并支持此协议。这在市场上是相当新的,但在未来几年肯定会有所吸引力。查看Cloud print app here。和faq here

希望这有助于从您的列表中删除一些问题。

答案 2 :(得分:8)

抱歉,我不了解使用蓝牙设备打印的信息。 但是,我做了一些关于使用wifi进行打印的研究,并在GitHub中发布了该代码,如果需要,可以参考。Android-wifi-print - GitHub

这是原型的流程。

  1. 检查连接性。
  2. 如果在WiFi中连接..我正在存储该WiFi配置。
  3. 现在检查我是否已经拥有打印机的信息(WiFi打印机的WiFi配置)是否可用。如果可用,我将扫描并获取WiFi ScanResults的列表并连接到其他..它将显示WiFi列表并单击该列表,用户将连接到打印机并存储该WiFi配置以用于将来的打印作业
  4. 打印作业完成后,我将连接到之前的WiFi或移动数据连接。
  5. 现在回到第2步。
  6. 如果用户在移动数据中连接,我只需启用WiFi并执行第3步。
  7. 打印作业完成后,我只是禁用WiFi。这样,我们就可以连接回移动数据连接。 (那是android的默认值)。
  8. 下面的课程将负责该原型中的所有打印作业。

    <强> PrintUtility.class

    public class PrintUtility implements Observer {
    
        private static final int TIME_OUT = 10000;
        private static final int CONNECTION_TIME_OUT = 5000;
    
        private Activity mActivity;
        private Fragment mFragment = null;
    
        private WifiConfiguration mPrinterConfiguration;
        private WifiConfiguration mOldWifiConfiguration;
        private WifiManager mWifiManager;
        private WifiScanner mWifiScanner;
        private List<ScanResult> mScanResults = new ArrayList<ScanResult>();
    
        private PrintManager mPrintManager;
        private List<PrintJob> mPrintJobs;
        private PrintJob mCurrentPrintJob;
    
        private File pdfFile;
        private String externalStorageDirectory;
    
        private Handler mPrintStartHandler = new Handler();
        private Handler mPrintCompleteHandler = new Handler();
        private Handler mWifiConnectHandler = new Handler();
        private String connectionInfo;
    
        private boolean isMobileDataConnection = false;
    
        private PrintCompleteService mPrintCompleteService;
    
        //    Observer pattern
        private Observable mObservable;
    
    
        public PrintUtility(Activity mActivity, WifiManager mWifiManager, WifiScanner mWifiScanner) {
            this.mActivity = mActivity;
            this.mWifiManager = mWifiManager;
            this.mWifiScanner = mWifiScanner;
            mPrintCompleteService = (PrintCompleteService) mActivity;
            mObservable = ObservableSingleton.getInstance();
            mObservable.attach(this);
        }
    
        public PrintUtility(Activity mActivity, Fragment mFragment, WifiManager mWifiManager, WifiScanner mWifiScanner) {
            this.mActivity = mActivity;
            this.mFragment = mFragment;
            this.mWifiManager = mWifiManager;
            this.mWifiScanner = mWifiScanner;
            mPrintCompleteService = (PrintCompleteService) mFragment;
            mObservable = ObservableSingleton.getInstance();
            mObservable.attach(this);
        }
    
        public void downloadAndPrint(String fileUrl, final String fileName) {
    
            new FileDownloader(mActivity, fileUrl, fileName) {
                @Override
                protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
    
                    if (!result) {
                        mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
                    } else {
    
                        // print flow will come here.
    
                        try {
                            externalStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
                            File folder = new File(externalStorageDirectory, Constants.CONTROLLER_PDF_FOLDER);
                            pdfFile = new File(folder, fileName);
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
    
                        print(pdfFile);
    
                    }
    
                }
            }.execute("");
        }
    
        public void print(final File pdfFile) {
    
            this.pdfFile = pdfFile;
    
            // check connectivity info -> mobile or wifi.
            connectionInfo = Util.connectionInfo(mActivity);
    
            if (connectionInfo.equalsIgnoreCase(Constants.CONTROLLER_MOBILE)) {
                // follow mobile flow.
                isMobileDataConnection = true;
    
                if (mWifiManager.isWifiEnabled() == false) {
                    mWifiManager.setWifiEnabled(true);
                }
    
                mWifiManager.startScan();
                setScanResults(mWifiScanner.getScanResults());
    
                printerConfiguration();
    
            } else if (connectionInfo.equalsIgnoreCase(Constants.CONTROLLER_WIFI)) {
                // follow wifi flow..
    
                // this will get current wifiInfo and store it in shared preference.
                Util.storeCurrentWiFiConfiguration(mActivity);
    
                printerConfiguration();
    
            } else {
                mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
            }
    
        }
    
        private void printerConfiguration() {
    
            // check printer detail is available or not.
            mPrinterConfiguration = Util.getWifiConfiguration(mActivity, Constants.CONTROLLER_PRINTER);
    
            if (mPrinterConfiguration == null) {
                // printer configuration is not available.
                // display list of wifi available in an activity
    
                showWifiListActivity(Constants.REQUEST_CODE_PRINTER);
    
            } else {
                // get list of wifi available. if printer configuration available then connect it.
                // else.. show list of available wifi nearby.
    
                boolean isPrinterAvailable = false;
    
                // scans nearby wifi..
                mWifiManager.startScan();
                setScanResults(mWifiScanner.getScanResults());
    
    
                // checks this wifi in scan result list..
                for (int i = 0; i < mScanResults.size(); i++) {
                    if (mPrinterConfiguration.SSID.equals("\"" + mScanResults.get(i).SSID + "\"")) {
                        isPrinterAvailable = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
    
                if (isPrinterAvailable) {
    
                    // connect to printer wifi and show print settings dialog and continue with print flow.
                    connectToWifi(mPrinterConfiguration);
    
                    // prints document.
                    doPrint();
    
                } else {
                    showWifiListActivity(Constants.REQUEST_CODE_PRINTER);
                }
    
            }
        }
    
        private void showWifiListActivity(int requestCode) {
            Intent iWifi = new Intent(mActivity, WifiListActivity.class);
            mActivity.startActivityForResult(iWifi, requestCode);
        }
    
        private void connectToWifi(WifiConfiguration mWifiConfiguration) {
            mWifiManager.enableNetwork(mWifiConfiguration.networkId, true);
        }
    
        public void doPrint() {
    
            try {
                // it is taking some time to connect to printer.. so i used handler.. and waiting for its status.
                mPrintStartHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
    
                        mPrintStartHandler.postDelayed(this, TIME_OUT);
    
                        if (mPrinterConfiguration.status == WifiConfiguration.Status.CURRENT) {
                            if (mWifiManager.getConnectionInfo().getSupplicantState() == SupplicantState.COMPLETED) {
    
                                if (Util.computePDFPageCount(pdfFile) > 0) {
                                    printDocument(pdfFile);
                                } else {
    
                                    AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(mActivity);
    
                                    alert.setMessage("Can't print, Page count is zero.");
    
                                    alert.setNeutralButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                                        @Override
                                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int i) {
                                            dialog.dismiss();
                                            switchConnection();
                                        }
                                    });
    
                                    alert.show();
                                }
                            }
                            mPrintStartHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                        } else {
                            Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Failed to connect to printer!.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                            switchConnection();
                            mPrintStartHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                        }
                    }
                }, TIME_OUT);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Failed to connect to printer!.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                switchConnection();
            }
        }
    
        @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
        public void printDocument(File pdfFile) {
    
            mPrintManager = (PrintManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.PRINT_SERVICE);
    
            String jobName = mActivity.getResources().getString(R.string.app_name) + " Document";
    
            mCurrentPrintJob = mPrintManager.print(jobName, new PrintServicesAdapter(mActivity, mFragment, pdfFile), null);
        }
    
    
        @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
        public void completePrintJob() {
            mPrintJobs = mPrintManager.getPrintJobs();
    
            mPrintCompleteHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
    
                    mPrintCompleteHandler.postDelayed(this, CONNECTION_TIME_OUT);
    
                    if (mCurrentPrintJob.getInfo().getState() == PrintJobInfo.STATE_COMPLETED) {
    
                        // remove that PrintJob from PrintManager.
                        for (int i = 0; i < mPrintJobs.size(); i++) {
                            if (mPrintJobs.get(i).getId() == mCurrentPrintJob.getId()) {
                                mPrintJobs.remove(i);
                            }
                        }
    
                        // switching back to previous connection..
                        switchConnection();
    
                        // stops handler..
                        mPrintCompleteHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                    } else if (mCurrentPrintJob.getInfo().getState() == PrintJobInfo.STATE_FAILED) {
                        switchConnection();
                        Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Print Failed!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        mPrintCompleteHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                    } else if (mCurrentPrintJob.getInfo().getState() == PrintJobInfo.STATE_CANCELED) {
                        switchConnection();
                        Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Print Cancelled!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        mPrintCompleteHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                    }
    
                }
            }, CONNECTION_TIME_OUT);
        }
    
        public void switchConnection() {
            try {
                if (!isMobileDataConnection) {
    
                    mOldWifiConfiguration = Util.getWifiConfiguration(mActivity, Constants.CONTROLLER_WIFI);
    
                    // get list of wifi available. if wifi configuration available then connect it.
                    // else.. show list of available wifi nearby.
                    boolean isWifiAvailable = false;
    
                    // scans nearby wifi.
                    mWifiManager.startScan();
                    setScanResults(mWifiScanner.getScanResults());
    
                    // checks this wifi in scan result list.
                    for (int i = 0; i < mScanResults.size(); i++) {
                        if (mOldWifiConfiguration.SSID.equals("\"" + mScanResults.get(i).SSID + "\"")) {
                            isWifiAvailable = true;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
    
                    if (isWifiAvailable) {
    
                        // connect to printer wifi and show print settings dialog and continue with print flow.
                        connectToWifi(mOldWifiConfiguration);
    
                        mWifiConnectHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {
                                mWifiConnectHandler.postDelayed(this, TIME_OUT);
                                if (mOldWifiConfiguration.status == WifiConfiguration.Status.CURRENT) {
                                    if (mWifiManager.getConnectionInfo().getSupplicantState() == SupplicantState.COMPLETED) {
    
                                        try {
                                            mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
                                        } catch (Exception e) {
                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        }
    
                                        mWifiConnectHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }, TIME_OUT);
    
                    } else {
                        showWifiListActivity(Constants.REQUEST_CODE_WIFI);
                    }
                } else {
                    mWifiManager.setWifiEnabled(false);
                    mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                mObservable.notifyObserver(true);
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    
        public void getPrinterConfigAndPrint() {
            mPrinterConfiguration = Util.getWifiConfiguration(mActivity, Constants.CONTROLLER_PRINTER);
            doPrint();
        }
    
        public void setScanResults(List<ScanResult> scanResults) {
            this.mScanResults = scanResults;
        }
    
        public void onPrintCancelled() {
            switchConnection();
        }
    
        @Override
        public void update() {
            mObservable.detach(this);
        }
    
        @Override
        public void updateObserver(boolean bool) {
    
        }
    
        @Override
        public void updateObserverProgress(int percentage) {
    
        }
    
    }
    

    在以下链接的帮助下,我创建了这个。

    如果您要打印文件,请拨打打印(文件)

    如果要下载文件并打印出来, 调用 downloadAndPrint(fileUrl,fileName)

答案 3 :(得分:7)

我能够整合的唯一印刷品是Bixolon SPP-R200。他们有一个不错的SDK,很容易找到。我正在寻找8 1/2 x 11的蓝牙功能,但现在这样的sdk似乎是一个相当高的订单

答案 4 :(得分:3)

Star Micronics有一个通过蓝牙(以及wifi /以太网和USB)进行Android打印的SDK。您可以在此处下载:http://www.starmicronics.com/support/SDKDocumentation.aspx

如上所述,您无法在此时进行本地打印,因此您的选项可以是特定的打印机API或第三方打印应用程序。

根据我的经验,最好使用API​​而不是外部应用程序。最大的原因是您可以完全控制打印机行为。如果API是智能构建的,那么很容易实现。使用第三方应用程序是有限制的,因为您无法按照自己的方式自定义打印输出。

我链接到你的Star SDK有一个非常好的示例应用程序,可让您测试和自定义许多打印机功能,以便查看它们的运行情况。每个函数都记录在源代码中。这些命令及其参数也可以在应用程序本身中作为快速屏幕参考使用,这很方便。最重要的是,它有很好的记录。

如果选择这种方式,您可以将纯文本连同命令一起发送到打印机。 API处理将数据转换为打印机可以理解的内容。

答案 5 :(得分:2)

还有另一款适用于Android的打印SDK,名为APF。它基于CUPS,因此支持数千台打印机。网站:isb-vietnam.com

答案 6 :(得分:2)

Zebra Technologies还提供SDK for Android。我已经尝试了他们的SDK和Bixolon(通过写信到techsupp@bixolon.de得到它)。两者都运行正常,但如果您更喜欢使用page description language来定义文档,那么最好使用Zebra打印机。