node-thermal-printer | This npm package was made to control epson and star thermal printers | Runtime Evironment library

I'm working on a software project which I've created with Electron and React. I didn't create the project from scratch, I am using a boilerplate which uses Webpack.

The software is for managing (selling & redeeming) vouchers, so I also have to print some receipts. Using the printer over network is working fine, just as it should. For printing I'm using the node-thermal-printer package (https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-thermal-printer).

But some of the printers don't have a network interface, just USB or Serial.

When using the node-thermal-printer with a USB connected printer, you have to provide a "driver" to be able to print. They suggest either the electron-printer or printer module, which both seem to be native NodeJS modules.

The boilerplate seems to compile the native modules for the architecture that is currently used and creates a *.node file, which is copied to the .wepback/ folder during the build phase. But as soon as I want to use the package, I get an error that the module could not be found.

I'm importing the module with the following line:

const printerDriver = require("printer");

When running npm start the native dependencies are compiled and a node_printer.node file is created and copied to .webpack/main/native_modules/lib/node_printer.node.

As soon as I click the button for printing, I receive the following error: