Re: Need help with LEP printing

[Peter Lerch]

KirkBrooks wrote
> And I also need the solution for doing the same thing on windows.

Hi Kirk,

This solution here prints all document types on Windows (assuming the
file-type is linked to any application that can print it).

Pass the following string to LEP: 
powershell "Start-Process 'full path to file' -Verb print -WindowStyle
hidden -PassThru | %{Start-Sleep 10;$_} | Stop-Process" 

It will print a file with the application that is set in the print
associations of its file type (e.g. .XLS -> Excel). So it doesn't rely on
Acrobat Reader to print PDFs.

Fore some PowerShell in 4D background, see http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76530


Regards,

Peter




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Re: Need help with LEP printing

[Kirk Brooks]

Hey Tim,

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Tim Nevels  wrote:

> Nice that Miyako made a plugin especially for you and your situation to
> print a PDF. I’m sure you will get it working.
>
​You flatter me. ​(I think.) But the timestamp on gitHub suggests the last
update on it was over 2 months ago. I think Miyako is very good but not
necessarily prescient.

There is another option. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows. It has always
> had a “hidden” feature where you can control it from the command line and
> have it open and print a PDF. I’ve been using it for years on Windows.
>
​Ah ha! That's the kind of hack I was looking for. Of course it assumes the
user has Acrobat on board but that's easy to deal with.

Thank you.
​

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RE: Need help with LEP printing

[Timothy Penner]

Hi Kirk,

If you are in Mac Terminal, and issue the same command, does it work from 
there?  

Make sure you are testing the same shell as you specified in the command, like 
this:

1) Open Mac Terminal.app
2) Navigate to the directory containing the pdf
3) Change the shell to /bin/sh by issuing the command: /bin/sh
4) Now in the /bin/sh shell, issue the command you sent to the shell: lpr 
Test.pdf

If it doesn’t work there, then it won't work from 4D either. Make it work from 
the terminal first, then adapt for 4D's LEP.

Sorry if this isn't much help, I just wanted to help rule out the obvious first.

-Tim
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