Hi all,
I'm having a problem using win32print to read data back from a printer.
I'm developing a kiosk and I need to talk to a zebra (KR403 specifically)
printer. I'm doing so using ZPL instructions sent directly to the printer.
There is a library called "zebra" that abstracts away most low level stuff.
Sending ZPL instructions to the printer works like a charm, I can print and
format everything as needed. However, there are some ZPL instructions that
actually return a value from the printer, such as ~HS (Host Status Return) or
^HH (Configuration Label Return). Specifically, I need to know the "paper low"
and "paper out" status of the printer. I found out that the zebra library does
not support this currently.
I looked into it, and found that zebra uses win32print to issue the commands:
win32print.StartPagePrinter(hPrinter)
win32print.WritePrinter(hPrinter, commands)
win32print.EndPagePrinter(hPrinter)
But there still seems to be no way to read data back from the printer using
win32print. Tim Golden advised me to look into the ReadPrinter() function
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162895(v=vs.85).aspx
However, this function is not (yet) implemented in win32print.
Honestly, I'm too new at Python to start adding to win32print myself, so I was
hoping someone has maybe already looked into this, or has an alternative way of
finding out the paper low/paper out statuses.
Thanks for any help or advice anyone can give me.
Erik
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