That is because Windoz, for all it's faults, provides a bit of an interface for applications to exercise some control over printed output, and even attempts to make it device independent. Don't know if Gnome, or other GUI's provide something, but if you write the output intended for a printer to a physical file and then post that file to your print spooler using a exec() function that should do the trick.
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php I suspect you would use the unix command to cause the file to be spooled to the printer as you would manually (I seem to recall an lpr command being involved, but don't trust my memory). This carries with it all the caviates about whether or not you know who your website visitors are, and what happens when multiple users try to trigger printing (who loads paper in the printer?). Another potential snag is, will you website user (usually "nobody") have permission to print (execute the lpr command)? Unless gnome or kde is involved, don't know how you could detect your printer types, since your program will need to know which pcl (printer control language) is required. Good luck, Anyone have other solutions? Warren Vail > -----Original Message----- > From: Niels Riis Kristensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:03 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Printing > > > Hi > > I am using a Unix machine (Mac) but can't find ways to print to my > local printer. Plenty of information about printing from a > PC, but none > from a mac. Can that be, that you can't print from php to mac? > > > Niels Riis Kristensen > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > NRK Group > - Electronic Music Engraving > - Webhosting > - Dynamic Web design > - E-Lists hosting > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
