Ken, Thanks for the great info on doing this on a Linux platform. I am sure I will be trying this with Linux sometime and I'll refer back to this.
--Bill On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 18:33, Ken G. <beachkid...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/12/2011 10:14 AM, Bill Allen wrote: > >> >> Is is possible to print directly to an LPT port printer from Python? >> >> >> --Bill >> >> I use the following format in my Ubuntu 10.04 usage. It set up a > printing file. > > > import os > > # declare values > month = "02"; date = "11"; year = "2011" > > # open up file > pr = os.popen("lpr", "w") > > #tab two times before printing string > pr.write("\t\tDate of Drawing: "), > > # print the month on the same line and added a space > pr.write(month), pr.write (" " ), > > # print the date on the same line and added a space > pr.write(date), pr.write(" "), > > # print the year on the same line and added a space > pr.write(year), pr.write(" "), > > # print up two line feeds > pr.write("\n"), pr.write("\n") > > # close the print file > pr.close() > > will produce the following: > > Date of Drawing: 02 11 2011 > > (start of new line here) > > Very time consuming and detailing but it work. > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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