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Class: MarklifePrinter ​

Node.js driver for the marklife family.

Takes any Transport from @thermal-label/transport/node — SerialTransport over an OS-paired RFCOMM port is the typical case — and a DeviceEntry from the registry. The job is encoded by encodeJobForEngine and fed to the transport in registry-sized packets with a pause between them; see pacingFor in core for why that happens here rather than in the transport.

Marklife chassis are single-engine — the encoder uses device.engines[0].

Implements ​

Constructors ​

Constructor ​

new MarklifePrinter(device, transport, transportType, options?): MarklifePrinter

Parameters ​

device ​

DeviceEntry

transport ​

Transport

transportType ​

TransportType

options? ​

MarklifePrinterOptions = {}

Returns ​

MarklifePrinter

Properties ​

device ​

readonly device: DeviceEntry

The device entry for the connected printer.

Useful for logging, diagnostics, and displaying VID/PID. Undefined if the connection was established without device matching (e.g. a raw TCP connection to a known IP).

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.device

family ​

readonly family: "marklife"

Driver family identifier, e.g. 'brother-ql' or 'labelwriter'.

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.family

transportType ​

readonly transportType: TransportType

Accessors ​

connected ​

Get Signature ​

get connected(): boolean

Whether the printer is currently connected.

Returns ​

boolean

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.connected

model ​

Get Signature ​

get model(): string

Human-readable model name from the driver's device registry.

Returns ​

string

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.model

Methods ​

close() ​

close(): Promise<void>

Close the connection. Always call in finally blocks.

Returns ​

Promise<void>

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.close

createPreview() ​

createPreview(image, options?): Promise<PreviewResult>

Generate a preview showing how this printer would reproduce the design on the given media. Returns separated 1bpp planes with display colours.

The driver uses its own colour-splitting logic (the same code that print() uses internally) to produce the planes. The consuming app renders whatever planes come back without needing to know the splitting rules.

For offline preview without a live connection, use the static createPreviewOffline() function exported from the driver's *-core package instead.

Parameters ​

image ​

RawImageData

— full RGBA, typically from designer.render().

options? ​

PreviewOptions

— optional media override. If media is omitted, uses detected media from the last getStatus(). If no status is available, the driver defaults to single-colour at the printer's native head width and sets PreviewResult.assumed = true.

Returns ​

Promise<PreviewResult>

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.createPreview

getStatus() ​

getStatus(): Promise<MarklifeStatus>

No marklife chassis has a status query wired yet, so this reports link state only and touches no wire. It still runs under the serializer so a poll can never land inside a job once it does.

Returns ​

Promise<MarklifeStatus>

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.getStatus

print() ​

print(image, media?, options?): Promise<void>

Print from a full-colour RGBA image.

The driver converts to its native format internally:

  • Single-colour media (media.palette undefined) — threshold/dither RGBA to a single 1bpp plane via renderImage.
  • Multi-ink media (media.palette defined) — split into planes via renderMultiPlaneImage using that palette.

Orientation: drivers compute the rotation via pickRotation (see ./orientation.ts) — the input image is treated as the intended visual; the driver auto-rotates landscape input on media tagged defaultOrientation: 'horizontal'.

Multi-ink splitting: the palette on the media descriptor names every ink the driver should classify pixels into; the contracts package does not pick "red" or "black" — those facts live with the media entry.

Batch printing: call print() once per label. The driver handles job framing internally (e.g. Brother QL page-break commands between sequential print() calls within the same session).

Parameters ​

image ​

RawImageData

— full RGBA, typically from designer.render().

media? ​

MediaDescriptor

— which media to print on. Determines dimensions, margins, and colour mode. If omitted, uses detected media from the last getStatus().

options? ​

MarklifePrintOptions

— per-call options (copies, density, etc.).

Returns ​

Promise<void>

Throws ​

MediaNotSpecifiedError if no media is known.

Implementation of ​

PrinterAdapter.print