I'm now using Foxit Reader. Thanks for the tip. The following works
perfectly in the Django shell and prints the document in
attachment.file.path to the specified network printer:
p = Popen (['C:\\Program Files\\Foxit Software\\Foxit Reader\\Foxit
Reader.exe',
'/t',
attachment.file.path,
'\\\\SM03\\HPCOMPTOIR0'])
The same code works silently in a Apache / mod_wsgi context but does
not produce any result on the printer. Do You have any ideas?
Marc
On Aug 26, 1:46 am, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use python to call a PDF reader via the command line -
>
> http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/52080.htm
>
> http://foxit.vo.llnwd.net/o28/pub/foxit/manual/enu/FoxitReader30_Manu...
> (see the Command Line section)
>
> Depending on the complexity of your PDFs, I'd recommend using Foxit
> instead; Adobe Reader on windows isn't the most stable especially when
> it comes to open many PDFs - you might have to manually manage
> instances to make sure it doesn't eat up all your memory. Foxit Reader
> however doesn't render all PDFs perfectly, or at least the same way
> that Adobe Reader does. YMMV though.
>
> 2009/8/26 mettwoch <mettw...@pt.lu>:
>
>
>
> > How do the Django people handle printing directly on Windows? I
> > remembered abouthttp://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html,
> > but unfortunately his method for PDFs only print on the default
> > printer. I need the server to produce the PDF, save it (works already)
> > and send it to a specific shared printer on the network. The printer
> > should be determined from a table that holds 'host' - 'printer' pairs
> > e.g. ('PC01', '\\PC01\PR01'). The host ('PC01') determined from the
> > http request allows to choose the right printer ('\\PC01\PR01') from
> > that table.
>
> > Printing should be executed directly when the user has submitted the
> > request. Any solution that pops up the document locally in a PDFReader
> > and where the user has to hit the print button is not viable.
>
> > Kindly Yours
> > Marc
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