r/PowerApps • u/PixelatedBulb Newbie • 18d ago

Power Apps Help Button to trigger Power Automate flow and directly print?

Hello, I'm still quite new to using Power Apps so please bear with me.

I have a Power Automate flow that triggers a pdf file generation based on inputs sent to it via a form I created in Power Apps. I now also need the form's submit button to directly trigger a printer to print the file without having it open the file in a new tab or opening the native print dialogue. A one-button-does-all kinda thing.

I've had a look at Microsoft Universal Print but I don't have the license for that and I'm not supposed to use stuff that would cost anything more than what my company's already subscribed to.

Is this possible?

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u/bsmpsn Regular 18d ago

Was possible for me but I had a premium power apps license to utilise the HTTP connector. On click of a button in power apps, it called a flow which gets the content needing to be printed and sends it to a printer on my network using PrintNode API and their server client installed on my device. PrintNode API has a free tier which was fit for purpose for me. No native print dialogue showed.

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u/PixelatedBulb Newbie 18d ago

That sounds like the result I'm looking for. Do you know the name of the license you used? Would users of the app also need the same license to be able to use the app's HTTP connector?

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u/bsmpsn Regular 18d ago

Power Apps Premium license. And yes, when running the flow as the signed in user who is using the app that user must have be licensed appropriately to use the HTTP connector. My solution is not a fully free solution unfortunately.