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Search finds nearby Brother printers. Results arrive on Events onPrinterAvailable. Call this after Installation.

The call returns void. Collect printers from the event.

import { BrotherPrint, BRLMPrinterPort } from '@rdlabo/capacitor-brotherprint';

await BrotherPrint.search({
  port: BRLMPrinterPort.wifi,
  searchDuration: 15, // seconds
});

searchDuration applies to wifi and bluetoothLowEnergy. usb is Android only. If nothing is found, you get no error and no printers. Signatures are on the API page.

isChannelAvailable

If you saved the last BRLMChannelResult, check whether that channel is still usable before Print.

import { BrotherPrint } from '@rdlabo/capacitor-brotherprint';
import type { BRLMChannelResult } from '@rdlabo/capacitor-brotherprint';

const checkChannel = async (lastPrinter: BRLMChannelResult) => {
  const { result } = await BrotherPrint.isChannelAvailable(lastPrinter);
  if (!result) {
    await BrotherPrint.search({
      port: lastPrinter.port,
      searchDuration: 15,
    });
  }
};

Signatures are on the API page.

cancelSearchWiFiPrinter / cancelSearchBluetoothPrinter

Search already times out. Use these only when you run several search port values at once and want to stop one yourself.

import { BrotherPrint } from '@rdlabo/capacitor-brotherprint';

await BrotherPrint.cancelSearchWiFiPrinter();
await BrotherPrint.cancelSearchBluetoothPrinter();