Monte Milanuk wrote:
Hello,
I'm still a relative newbie to python, so I apologize if this is covered
in detail somewhere and I missed it.
I have a program or two that I want to work on once I get more
proficient with python and sqlite and tkinter/wxpython. One of the big
'features' of those programs I want to make is going to be printing out
match results (scores) from a competition along with competitor names
and other pertinent information. Currently most people are doing this
in Excel, though there is one (old) DOS program written in BASIC that
not only prints the match results and the reports for the sanctioning
body, but also prints labels via a Dymo Label maker.
I realized today that one thing I have never seen covered in any Python
tutorial is how to format and print things to a physical printer. I did
a little bit of searching and didn't come up with much... either I'm
really not using the right search terms, or physical printing is a black
hole/art...?
TIA,
Monte
I agree with you that it seems surprising that there isn't a simple way
to print with python. Another idea, which you may well think of as
overkill:
Use django or another web framework, and make your application a web
app. With this approach you can display output to a web page, and
create a print stylesheet that can be finely tuned to print.
This ups your work to get involved with a web framework, but it lets you
provide your application to users without the need to install. It also
makes it totally platform agnostic
Joel Goldstick
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