Maravilloso wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to automatically send a postscript file to be printed to the > default printer in a Win98 PC, by means of using the instrucction: > > win32api.ShellExecute (0, "print", "file.ps", None, ".", 0) > > but it raises an exception with the message: > > error: (31, 'ShellExecute', 'A device attached to the system is not > functioning.') > > > Curiously, that instruction does works on Win2K/XP, but trying to use > this shortcut for easy printing in Win98 provokes such error. I've > tried in different machines (all of them running with Win98) and I > obtain the same output. > > Does anybody knows what happens with Win98 printing automation? > Any idea? > > Thanks in advance
I presume this .ps file is a preformed postscript file that should be sent to a postscript printer without further modification? In this case, I think you should use copy instead of print. Something like this: win32api.ShellExecute(0, "copy", "file.ps prn", None, ".", 0) It has been a long time since I used Windows, especially 98, but if 'prn' doesn't work, you might try one of: 'lpt', 'lpt1', 'lpt:', 'lpt1:'. -- Dale Strickland-Clark Riverhall Systems - www.riverhall.co.uk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
