This module provides a print.printer model to represent printers connected to the Odoo server. This allows for backend code to send reports directly to a printer, rather than requiring the user to download a PDF to be printed manually.

The primary use case is for printing reports: this can be triggered in the Python code via e.g.

Printer = self.env['print.printer']
Picking = self.env['stock.picking']
pick = Picking.search([('name', '=', 'PICK00009')])
Printer.spool_report(pick.ids, 'stock.report_deliveryslip')

Note that spool_report() may be called on a specific printer or directly on the model. If called directly on the model, the user's default printer (or system default printer) will be used.

Another common use case is to identify a printer by barcode and associate it as the current user's default printer:

Printer = self.env['print.printer']
printer = Printer.search([('barcode', '=', 'PRNLAB02')])
printer.set_user_default()