cardprinterd

HTTP printer server in Go for the CR805 Card Printer.

Install

To deploy cardprinterd on a Windows machine, NSSM is needed. You also need to run nssm.exe inside an Administrator command prompt to install the service.

First, ensure that you have Go installed or you're in the Nix shell. Then, run the following command to build the binary:

just build

Then, move the file over to the Windows machine. You can use croc or start a file server with caddy for this.

Once it's on the machine, it is recommended to move it into C:\Program Files\cardprinterd along with NSSM:

C:\
    Program Files\
        cardprinterd\
            cardprinterd.exe
            nssm.exe
            stderr.txt

Also make sure you have the LAN IP of the computer. You can obtain this via ipconfig in a Command Prompt.

Then, run the following command to install the service:

.\nssm.exe install cardprinterd

Ensure that the arguments are set like so:

-verbose -host <LAN IP> -port 80

You may optionally include any additional flags here. Check cardprinterd -h for all the possible flags.

Once saved, you can start the service with:

.\nssm.exe start cardprinterd

Updating

When updating, you need to stop the service first:

.\nssm.exe stop cardprinterd

Then, replace the cardprinterd.exe file with the new one. You can do whatever you did when you first installed it. Once it's replaced, you can start the service again:

.\nssm.exe start cardprinterd