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Graham Dumpleton
grahamd at dscpl.com.au
Sat Aug 12 07:39:27 EDT 2006
Please keep discussion on the mailing list. I have forwarded your response back there. On 12/08/2006, at 9:18 PM, S.R.Pardá wrote: > Ok, I will try to explain it better. > > I have now in the server a PDF (or HTML) that I can open with eVince. > > How I send that document to a network printer from ModPython's > interpreted code when client user press PRINT button in one page. > > So server receive a HTTP request for: > > http://server/printBill.psp?doc=bill0248.pdf > > So I want to code a printBill.psp page that prints like: > <% > PrinterName = "HP-4100" #Thats the name of the printer for bills > DocumentToPrint = form('doc') #The Document the user want to print > SendToPrint (PrinterName, DocumentToPrint) > %> > > Now , how I code SendToPrint. > > Do I need to use some library ? > Can I execute evince from shell indicating some parameter to print > on a > specified printer? > > > > The principal problem is not be able to print from client if we can't > select the printer from the server , because user can't select every > time a printer for every kind of document he prints. > > > > El sáb, 12-08-2006 a las 20:24 +1000, Graham Dumpleton escribió: >> On 12/08/2006, at 7:22 PM, S.R.Pardá wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm considering solutions to print HTML pages served by some >>> Linux OS >>> with Apache and Mod_Python. >>> >>> I am looking a server side approach, that is: I want the server >>> send the >>> HTML output when required to one of varios network printers >>> installed in >>> the server. >>> >>> I have not idea about linux printing , I would need an orientation >>> about >>> what have to know. >>> Are any python module for printing? >>> Must I execute some shell command to print inside python? >>> Must I generate a PostScript document from the HTML document to >>> print >>> it ? >>> >>> >>> More details: >>> >>> Web Clients (Windows probably) will print some documents >>> received. But >>> the documents have diferent formats (size, orientation, duplex >>> option) >>> so it's desiderable the automatic printer/configuration selection >>> ( that >>> is: witout a printer selection dialog in IE or Firefox and the >>> default >>> printer isn't valid for all documents) >>> >>> As I found in client window Javascript it's not capable of select >>> printers in client side, I have to investigate with VBscript, and >>> another possibility would be install an ActiveX control to do that >>> (restricting possible client options). >>> >>> So I think the server approach, would be better because it >>> eliminates >>> printer management in client, and assures the same HTML render >>> configuration for all printings, independent of client >>> configuration / >>> browser. >> >> Not sure I really understand what you are trying to do, but if your >> target >> is a printer, not sure why you would want to try and render to HTML >> and then print that. Your better option would be target PDF as your >> display format and then print the PDF file. >> >> Suggest you have a look at the following sites: >> >> http://www.openreport.org >> http://www.reportlab.org >> http://www.reportlab.com >> >> With these solutions, one option is to describe documents as RML. >> This >> can be filled out with data from some source and then translated into >> PDF >> or HTML. Thus HTML becomes a screen representation but PDF what >> is used for printing. >> >> If you already have the document generation side worked out, and are >> only really after solution for printing, not sure how Apache and >> mod_python >> comes in to it all. >> >> Anyway, hope the sites I reference might be of some help. >> >> Graham >> >>
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