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Jim Gallacher
jpg at jgassociates.ca
Sat Aug 12 10:42:37 EDT 2006
There is also html2ps. I'm not sure how it handles css links, but take a look at it as well. Jim S.R.Pardá wrote: > Ok, > > Thank You Very Much, Graham. > > That looks a way to the solution. > > You understand me, and like you pointed, the idea is to print content on > the fly. > > And now you will understand I want to use HTML because at this moment I > would prefer not to get inside on another Page Description language to > generate the documents. > I know HTML itsn't WYSIWYG but in a Server Side printing environment I > can have it controled, and I can change later to another document format > if needed with more time to develop it. So I will try html2ps first > before pdf2ps. > > I will investigate further. > I wonder if mod_python can get the own page as the onthefly source after > send the request. > Or if the file can be something like: > "http://server/printableBill.psp?num=0248;" > > > Thank You again. > > S.R.Parda > > El sáb, 12-08-2006 a las 21:47 +1000, Graham Dumpleton escribió: >> On 12/08/2006, at 9:39 PM, Graham Dumpleton wrote: >> >>> 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? >> If the PDF were a file stored in the file system, in UNIX the command >> to print it would be: >> >> pdf2ps somefile.pdf | lp -s -d HP-4100 >> >> In other words, convert to postscript and use 'lp' to spool to desired >> printer. The '-s' option (may depend on platform), just tells lp to not >> output status string about job number it was queued at. >> >> This command could be invoked from Python using 'os.system()'. >> Alternatively, if PDF content generated by Python code on the fly, >> the you might want to use the 'popen2' module to create the command >> as a pipe you can send data into in which case the command would >> just be: >> >> pdf2ps | lp -s -d HP-4100 >> >> If you can't find pdf2ps, then get a copy of 'ghostscript' package for >> your system and install that. >> >> Graham >> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mod_python mailing list >>> Mod_python at modpython.org >>> http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >
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