Overview

Direct Print sends Odoo reports (sale orders, invoices, delivery slips, manufacturing orders, purchase orders, contacts) straight to a configured printer without forcing the user to download the PDF first. It supports per-user and per-area rules and an optional auto-print mode that fires on key business events.

Key Features

• Printer registry: manage a catalogue of printers (USB/local, network TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) with system identifier, IP and port.
• Flexible rules: assign printers per area (Sales, Purchase, Invoicing, Inventory, Manufacturing or Global) and per user.
• One-click button: a "Direct Print" button is added to the header of Sale Orders, Invoices, Pickings, Manufacturing Orders, Purchase Orders and Contacts.
• Auto-print: optionally print automatically when a sale is confirmed, an invoice is posted, a picking is validated or a manufacturing order is marked done.
• Print log: every attempt is recorded (success/error, printer used, user, timestamp, error message) in its own transaction so logs survive even if the main one rolls back.
• Two delivery channels: raw socket (port 9100, JetDirect-style) for network printers, or the system lp command for CUPS-installed queues.

Supported Documents

Installation

1. Drop the DirectPrintOdoo folder in your custom addons path.
2. Go to Apps → Update Apps List.
3. Search for "Direct Print" and click Install.
4. Make sure the Odoo server can reach the printer:
   • Network: the Odoo container/host must reach the printer IP on the configured port (default 9100).
   • Local / CUPS: the lp command must be installed and the printer queue defined in the OS where Odoo runs.

Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Direct Print → Printers and create one record per physical printer (system identifier, connection type, IP/port).
2. Then go to Settings → Direct Print → Configurations and create rules:
   • Print area: Sales, Purchase, Invoicing, Inventory, Manufacturing or Global.
   • User: leave empty to apply to everyone, or pick a specific user to override.
   • Auto-print: tick it if you want documents in this area to print automatically when confirmed/posted/validated.
3. Resolution order: per-user + area → per-user + global → everyone + area → everyone + global.

Daily Use

• Open any supported document and click the Direct Print button in the header.
• The default report for that model is rendered to PDF and pushed to the configured printer.
• If auto-print is enabled, the same flow happens automatically when you confirm/post/validate/mark-done.
• Audit attempts at Settings → Direct Print → Logs.

Security

• A dedicated group Direct Print Manager is created and assigned to the admin/root user.
• Internal users can read printers, configurations and logs (and append log entries) but only managers can edit them.
• The configuration menu is only visible to members of the manager group.

Technical Notes

• Models: direct.print.printer, direct.print.config, direct.print.log, abstract direct.print.mixin, abstract service direct.print.service.
• Network delivery: raw TCP socket with a 10 s timeout, sending the PDF bytes to host:port.
• Local delivery: writes a temp PDF and runs lp -d <identifier> <file>, cleaning up the temp file afterwards.
• Logs: created on a separate cursor + commit, so they persist even if the originating transaction rolls back.

Dependencies

base, sale, account, stock, mrp, purchase, contacts

Supported Versions

• Odoo 16.0
• Odoo 17.0
• Odoo 18.0
• Odoo 19.0 (this build)

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