For the windows side, have you looked into ghostscript? Your right,
unless you have a postscript printer, sending postscript to lpt1
won't work, and will waste allot of paper.
Ghostscript will translate the postscript output of your program into
the format the windows printer driver expects. I've even seen this
done in commercial apps before.
Fred
> Greetings,
>
> I have exmined the news groups about printing in tcl for some time while
> writting the app that I am working on (entirely in vtcl;) many thanks Stewart!)
> and I have listed a couple of the sugestions that I seem to understand. Below
> are 2 examples, the first for Unix and the second for windoze.
>
> Getting it to print in Unix:
>
> exec lpr << [.canvas postscript]
>
> Getting it to print in windoze:
>
> set lpt [open LPT1 w]
> puts $lpt [.canvas postscript]
> close $lpt
>
> I am thinking that in this case that if a postscript printer is not used
> this will not work with the lpt1 and windoze example. I think from what I can
> test on my RedHat box the filter catches it and all is well:) Perhaps someone
> can confirm or deny this conjecture.
>
> Anyhow here are my questions:
> Question 1.) Is there a better way? (Please be specific.)
>
>
> Question 2.) How do I place (or arrange) the info I want to place in the
> canvas? (Again, please be specific.)
>
> On Q2. I am thinking of printing invoices which I can probably just send
> text to the lpr and do not need postscript however, I am very puzzled about
> if I want nice things like images or other neat things. I am assuming I should
> take advantage of the canvas. Then I am also puzzled about letters. I would
> like to print the return address on a letter to follow the invoice. But how to
> get the text oriented correct on the letter.....hmmmmm.....
>
> Thoughts Welcome and Many Thanks!!
>
>
> --
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