🖨️ easy-print-js

A lightweight, pure JavaScript utility to print HTML elements by ID — with full support for structured layouts including header, content, and footer.

• ✅ Framework-agnostic — works with Vue, React, Angular, etc.
• ✅ No dependencies
• ✅ Fully DOM-based (no innerHTML hacks)
• ✅ Supports header, content, and footer injection

📦 Installation

npm install easy-print-js
# or
yarn add easy-print-js
# or
pnpm add easy-print-js

⚡ Quick Usage

You can use this package in plain HTML/JS or any framework like Vue, React, Angular, etc.

✅ Vue 3 Example

<script setup lang="ts">
import { easyPrint } from 'easy-print-js'

function printSection() {
  easyPrint({
    contentElementId: 'invoice',
    headerElementId: 'print-header',
    footerElementId: 'print-footer'
  })
}
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    <!-- Hidden printable content -->
    <div style="display: none">
      <div id="print-header">
        <h1>Company Name</h1>
      </div>

      <div id="invoice">
        <h2>Invoice #123</h2>
        <p>Total: $42</p>
      </div>

      <div id="print-footer">
        <small>Thank you for your business!</small>
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- Visible trigger -->
    <button @click="printSection">Print Invoice</button>
  </div>
</template>

🔧 API

print(options: EasyPrintOptions): Promise<void>

| Option | Type | Required | Description | |--------------------|----------|----------|------------------------------------------------| | contentElementId | string | ✅ | The ID of the main body content element | | headerElementId | string | ❌ | Optional element to show at the top of print | | footerElementId | string | ❌ | Optional element to show at the bottom |

The elements are cloned and inserted into a print-specific structure using <thead>, <tbody>, and <tfoot>.

📝 License

MIT © Ali Hassan

🔗 Repository

GitHub: https://github.com/alihdev/easy-print-js

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find bugs, have suggestions, or want to add a new feature, feel free to:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a pull request

All contributions are reviewed and appreciated 🌟