hari wrote: > Hi all, > I need to automate printer command testing, prinetr supports > parallel/ > serial/USB.How can i send the commands from python to printer. > > I have got pyparallel, as am new to python, no idea how to work on > it. > Please give some tips,The comamnd to be sent to the printer is hex > data "1B 40".please give a example,it will be grateful. > > > Thank you. postedthe same in it.comp.lang.python > > > Regards > -Hari > > If the printer is connected to the computer running the program you can open the printer in binary mode and write to it directly. If it is a networked printer you will need to write to the spooler.
printer=open("LPT1", "wb") printer.write(int('01b', 16), int('40', 16) printer.close() -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list