Apache is running under a system account. A quick test of running Apache under my user account enabled printing indeed. I'll follow your suggestion and create a dedicated user with restricted rights to run Apache under.
Thanks so much for your help Marc On Aug 27, 2:42 am, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/8/27 mettwoch <mettw...@pt.lu>: > > > > > 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? > > Could be a permissions issue - what user is apache running under? > > Also, you might want to try enabling the 'allow service to interact > with desktop' option to see if that works. If it does, you might have > to look at another solution or somehow impersonating another user to > do the printing as there are security risks associated with this > option. > > > > > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
