Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-21 Thread Lee Harr
is there another way to print a PDF form python? My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp,  even not out of python using os.system(lp some_options file.pdf) Later on I have to build the PDF in a python program (using reportlab)  and then print it, even from the

[Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Ulrich Goebel
Hallo, is there another way to pritt a PDF form python? My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp, even not out of python using os.system(lp some_options file.pdf) Later on I have to build the PDF in a python program (using reportlab) and then print it, even from

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Ulrich Goebel
I just found a hint, the Qt QPrinter Class. I use Qt, so that could be a solution? Am 14.03.2014 11:40, schrieb Ulrich Goebel: Hallo, is there another way to pritt a PDF form python? My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp, even not out of python using

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Ulrich Goebel
Am 14.03.2014 11:40, schrieb Ulrich Goebel: is there another way to pritt a PDF form python? sorry, that doesn't make sense. I should say: is there another way ... besides os.system()? -- Ulrich Goebel Paracelsusstr. 120, 53177 Bonn ___ Tutor

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Russel Winder
On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 11:40 +0100, Ulrich Goebel wrote: Hallo, is there another way to pritt a PDF form python? My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp, even not out of python using os.system(lp some_options file.pdf) Python is deprecating os.system in

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Timo
op 14-03-14 12:14, Ulrich Goebel schreef: I just found a hint, the Qt QPrinter Class. I use Qt, so that could be a solution? This would be your best bet, use the tools which are provided. I'm a GTK user and use the GTK printing API to both create and print reports. If you want to use cups,

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Alan Gauld
On 14/03/14 10:40, Ulrich Goebel wrote: Later on I have to build the PDF in a python program (using reportlab) and then print it, even from the python program. So I look for a (nice documented) library which give access to the CUPS API or something else to print the PDF from python. I may be

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-14 Thread Ben Finney
Ulrich Goebel m...@fam-goebel.de writes: So I look for a (nice documented) library which give access to the CUPS API or something else to print the PDF from python. Any help is welcome! The problem isn't really one to be solved within your program, IMO. Printing is implemented as a service