Hi to the great Appsheet community,
could someone tell me if it is already possible to print a workflow report to a bluetooth printer from Appsheet apps?
Hi Guy,
To my understanding the technical answer is no unless you can make something work via an API.
I have started some correspondence with www.papercut.com who seem to have great reviews Iโll certainly keep in touch and post something if I am successful @Guy_Merlin_Dyangnou
Thank you very much @Ethan_U , for this feedback I believe it is a solution way to be explored.
In the meantime, letโs keep in touch the time to observe the potential of papercutโsolution
Hello @Guy_Merlin_Dyangnou I spoke with Papercut yesteday and it doesnโt look to me like a solution.
However I may be wrong perhaps youโd like to take a look also. Iโm going to check out printnode next to see whatโs possible. They also seem promising. Remote Printing for Web Apps | PrintNode
haha I am committed to success with this! I will discover a solution and post to the community!
@Marc_Dillon howโs it going man. Have you been enjoying printnode as a service for your apps?
I havenโt seen anything else much like it so far. Iโm chatting with them Thursday for a demo but would love your opinion since itโs been a few months since you started with them. Not many reviews online that I can see.
Iโve actually only used it on one project. For that project it worked great. It was a great โset it and forgetโ.
It does require some local machine that is constantly connected to the printer, as well as the internet. If you can meet those requirements, then I highly recommend it.
@MultiTech_Visions quite an endorsement!
@Ethan_U and @Marc_Dillon , I want to soundboard an approach with you that I want to try with PrintNode and AppScript before I ask a developer to do it for me. My Use Case is: I have a Kiosk setup to redeem QR Codes and want to Print an โEntry Ticketโ
I see the solution as:
I am not sure if AppScript will be invoked when a record changes in the GoogleSheet - I am not an AppScript developer.
Appreciate your thoughts
If you set it up with onChange(), or if you deploy it as a web app and POST to it via a workflow from Appsheet.
@Marc_Dillon ok noted. Will ask Developer to embed in Googlesheet and then use the OnChange().
Want to avoid an Appsheet Workflow, which is too slow to wait for to execute in the Cloud.
As soon as the change happen it will Print local to PrintNode on the WiFi linked device
onChange() will only fire once the data is synced to the backend. A workflow POST will fire immediately.
@Marc_Dillon my Sync is set to be immediate. Will that work?
It should work either way. I was merely providing additional context to your claim that a workflow would be slower in this situation. I believe it would in fact be faster.
@Marc_Dillon great thanks. Appreciate the input
Please beware of the Malware in the PrintNode download file I tried on the 17th March. My Antivirus picked it up
Thanks @Henry_Scott, I was wondering about the company having so few reviews. So they may not be legitimate?
Not necessarily. Contact them and let them know that their Download has been compromised
@Ethan_U I have contacted support@printnode.com to tell them that their Download contains Malware. Will wait for their response
@Ethan_U I also picked up that PrintNode download had this issue before. See this link. PrintNode, printing and shipping software - File Detections - Malwarebytes Forums
Seems PrintNode is a JSON API solution that can process HTTP Requests. How about using an Appsheet Webhook in a Workflow rule. No idea how. Maybe try and see if this works
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