Other than perhaps doing a javascript calls (I think print() works?), the
only way I can think of that might allow customized printing is to use JNI
and write a routine in C or C++ that does the actual printing. Not sure if
this is feasible.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haseltine, Celeste [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Bulk Printing from JSP's???
>
>
> Has anyone out in the user community been faced with the task
> of trying to
> get a JSP intranet product to also do industrial bulk
> printing of rebate
> checks?
>
> I have been asked if the product I am currently developing
> can also handle
> bulk printing of rebate check information. Basically, the
> data that is
> inputted by the user's into the intranet site would
> eventually be used to
> determine what type of rebate check a customer would receive.
> My client
> would like to use the same JSP intranet product we are
> developing for order
> management and fulfillment, to do rebate check printing on
> the manufacturing
> floor. The requirements are to querying the database
> regarding the number
> of rebate checks via a "selection list" of different denominations,
> formatting that query data onto a check form (there are
> several different
> rebate check forms), displaying the check form with data in
> the browser, and
> then having the user send that data to the printer for
> printing. Part of
> the requirements also include handling printing errors, such
> as paper jams,
> empty ink cartridge, etc..., in the code "gracefully", and
> allowing the
> operating to restart the print job at the point the error occurred.
>
> All rebate checks would be printed on an industrial printer
> which can handle
> 20,000 - 30,000 checks per day. This industrial printer does
> come with a
> Windows NT driver, some memory for a printer buffer, and uses PCL5 and
> extended PCL5 (PCL5e).
>
> 1. Has anyone out there ever done this using Java/JSP?
>
> 2. If so, were you able to display bar code data (we have a
> font package
> for printing bar codes), and fonts that have been rotated 90
> degrees, in a
> browser window? I've found some literature that says that
> rotated characters
> and unusual character, such as the bar codes, cannot be
> displayed in either
> Netscape or IE, but I don't know if this is true. Does anyone know?
>
> 3. Are there any Java/JSP third party tools out there that I
> could use that
> could accomplish this task, including responding to error
> codes generated by
> the printer.
>
> 4. Could this be accomplished better by using a Java applet
> inside the
> browser, instead of a JSP page?
>
> Any advice, insight, or third party tool web sites would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Celeste
>
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