Print Tracker

Print Tracker is a full-stack application for tracking print jobs in architecture studios. It includes:

• Server – Express API and React client served from the same Node process
• Client – React frontend built with Vite
• Print Monitor – Windows utility that validates print jobs and logs them to the API

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• PostgreSQL database
• .NET Framework for building the Windows utility

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values:

   cp .env.example .env

   • DATABASE_URL – connection string for your Postgres database
   • PORT – port for the API and client (defaults to 5000)
3. Push the database schema with Drizzle:

   npm run db:push

4. Start the application in development mode:

   npm run dev

   The server and client will be available at http://localhost:PORT.

For production, build and start:

npm run build
npm start

Windows Print Monitor

The print-monitor folder contains a Windows application that validates print jobs and sends log data to the server. Configure the API URL via the PRINTTRACK_API_URL environment variable (defaults to http://localhost:5000).

Build the utility with Visual Studio or the csc command:

csc PrintMonitor.cs

Running Tests

A basic test suite is included using Vitest. Run all tests with:

npm test