No, you can't. The only thing you can do is having your users log into your webserver. Then you can have them edit their profile to set the IP address of the printer they're normally working with.
The problem here really is that, in Java, you have to deal with several platforms each working differently and you can't even assume that each printer has an IP address. And the IP address is only one information. Some printers support PostScript, some only Windows GDI, some PCL, some a combination. And there's no possibility for the webserver to ask the browser how he prints. Why not just let the users print their PDF documents themselves from the browser? Another idea is to print FO document via an applet using the AWT renderer instead of the PDF renderer. This way you'd be able to automatically access the user's default printer. On 08.09.2004 23:29:57 Manoj_Nair wrote: > I have users accessing PDF docs from my webserver ( weblogic). I am using > the XML - PDF conversion using FOP. Is there a way I can read the users > default printers IP address when he makes a request? That way I can > somehow spool the PDF or PCL file directly to his printer. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
