Kristian Zoerhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8/11/05, Steve M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Kristian Zoerhoff wrote: >> >> > On 8/11/05, Steve M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I'm having problems sending information from a python >> >> script to a printer. I was wondering if someone might send me >> >> in the right direction. I wasn't able to find much by Google >> > >> > Which platform? Directions will vary wildly. >> > >> Ooops, sorry forgot to mention I'm using Suse 9.0 and Python 2.3x > > Assuming a local printer, you could just open the appropriate device > file (e.g. /dev/lp0) in write mode and write the text to it. Another > option would be to create a temp file, and then feed that to the lpr > or enscript commands via the subprocess module.
There's a fair chance you have to be root to open the printer. Even if you can, it won't work right if you've got a winprinter and are trying to feed it ASCII. Likewise, if you're trying to feed it some pade description language - HTML, PDF, PS, etc., that probably won't do the right thing either. Feeding your text to the lpr command should be the solution to all of the above problems. The daemon that does the printing runs as root. The printer configuration should transate whatever format you feed it to something the printer can print. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list