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frappe / print_designer

Visual print designer for Frappe / ERPNext
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Print Designer

![ Print Designer Logo ](print_designer/public/images/print-designer-logo.svg)
## Frappe app to design print formats using interactive UI. ![](https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/aa62d2e2-e25e-4803-afbc-d3eaf1e4840f)

Features and How to Guides

Create Print Format

 #### Using Awesomebar https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/913649cf-84f6-4284-b373-0997aaa3e356 #### Using Print Page https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/502a3e29-8bb5-4ec7-bfda-eaa85505acec

Static & Dynamic Image

 #### Static Image https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/4d73d720-2de4-4d0a-9435-f924b8de3b7e #### Dynamic Image https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/c22df30b-9e91-4e1c-9a73-51d85c149412

Static & Dynamic Text

 #### Dynamic Text https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/e1c5a970-8df4-443d-828f-a5513fad41df #### Static Text https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/de629a8e-fbec-4449-8e03-f08346ffe460

Rectangle & Layouts

 #### Rectangle https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/cc3e64ce-285d-4a60-b249-a4b6dd4d2ce0

Child Table

 https://github.com/frappe/print_designer/assets/39730881/b9cb5db7-1336-475c-9d82-d20c3a6a903e

Installation

Warning

Please note that print designer is only compatible with develop and V15 version of frappe framework.

Local

To setup the repository locally follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Install bench and setup a frappe-bench directory by following the Installation Steps

  2. Start the server by running 

    bench start

  3. In a separate terminal window, create a new site by running 

    bench new-site print-designer.test

  4. Map your site to localhost with the command 

    bench --site print-designer.test add-to-hosts

  5. Get the Print Designer app

    bench get-app https://github.com/frappe/print_designer

  6. Install the app on the site. 

    bench --site print-designer.test install-app print_designer

  7. Open http://print-designer.test:8000/ in your browser and go through the setup wizard.

  8. After the setup is complete now open http://print-designer.test:8000/app/print-designer/

    Contributions and Community

There are many ways you can contribute even if you don't code:

  1. You can start by giving a star to this repository!
  2. If you find any issues, even if it is a typo, you can raise an issue to inform us.

FAQ

  1. Incorrect PDF Page Size

    wkhtmltopdf --version
    • output should be similar to wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (with patched qt)

  2. Mac Installation Error

    • If error has npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for canvas@x.x.x it means that there aren't any pre-built binaries for your system so it will try to compile them and in order to do that you need
    • Xcode Command Line Tools xcode-select --install
    • HomeBrew and brew install pkg-config cairo pango libpng jpeg giflib librsvg pixman
    • If you have xcode 10.0 or higher installed, in order to build from source you need NPM 6.4.1 or higher npm install -g npm@latest.

  3. Linux ARM CPU Installation Error

    • If error has node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for canvas@x.x.x and node@x.x.x it means that there aren't any pre-built binaries for your system so it will try to compile them
    • In order to do that you need sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev librsvg2-dev

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0