On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:24:14PM -0500, Steve Staples wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 11:49 -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:36:30AM -0500, Steve Staples wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have an app that needs to be created, and it is all running on linux. > > > I am sure I shoulnd't really write it using PHP, but it's kinda what I > > > know, and am familiar with... so I am thinking about doing with PHP. > > > > > > Anyway, for simplicity sake, i am creating a pdf through php (no > > > problems there) and it needs to be printed. I've never done printing on > > > linux, but is there an easy way to send the pdf print job via command > > > lines to the local (or network) printer? > > > > > > a friend of mine said "postscript" or "cups", but I am not familiar with > > > them, so I thought I would ask you GURU's here :) > > > > The big problem here is that the site is on the server and the printer > > is on the client (most likely). Normally if you provide a link to a PDF > > in a webpage, the user/client downloads that PDF and the browser tries > > to open it in whatever program it thinks is good for that (like XPDF > > under Linux). The program in which it opens the PDF will have an option > > to print the file. I've been printing invoices, checks and reports out > > of my corporate system for years this way. > > > > Paul > > > > actually... it is a localized app (it should be more of a C++ or Java > (or even Python), but I know PHP more weller than the others... and > there is also a few other things they want... so right now, it will be > on the local machine, but down the road, it will be on a "server", but > it is all on the local intranet, so the printers will be accessible. > this is not a "world" app, just internal. > > I can create the PDF's no problem, it is just how to send the created > pdf to the printer to print (it is a label printer, printing 3x5 labels) I have heard of (and seen) some Javascript code which can be embedded in a PDF to make it print without the need for what I described. But I don't recall where I saw it. Might have been on this list, so you could check the archives. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
