Print Document

hymns · #1 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 05:02 AM

alow... ade sesape leh tolong aku dok. aku gagal menyetelkan masalah aku untuk mem'print' sebarang document melalui php code aku ni.

PHP Code:


			
//print_test.php



$print_doc = "C:\doc_to_print.txt";

//$network_printer = "\\\\DESIGNDEPT\\HP1220C";

$list_printers = printer_list(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL | PRINTER_ENUM_SHARED);

$printer_name = $list_printers[0]["NAME"];



$handle = printer_open($printer_name);

//$handle = printer_open($network_printer);

printer_start_doc($handle, $print_doc);

printer_start_page($handle);



printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_MODE, TEXT);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_TITLE, "PHP Printing");

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_ORIENTATION, PRINTER_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_PAPER_FORMAT, PRINTER_FORMAT_A4);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_COPIES,1);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_RESOLUTION_Y,200);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_RESOLUTION_X,200);

printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_TEXT_COLOR, 000000);



printer_end_page($handle);

printer_end_doc($handle);

printer_close($handle);



echo "Trying to print $print_doc using $printer_name - id: $handle";

sufyan · #2 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 03:50 PM

Have you configured the php printer libraries in php.ini?

hymns · #3 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 05:10 PM

aya... sudah la supian. kalau dok edjust takdonye den nak post kan cini ha. network punyo printer pun den x leh print. kengkawan yang tau tuh silo2 lah bantu den ni.

Ben-davis · #4 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 05:20 PM

p/s: hymns... ko ON dak printer ko? muehehehhe....

sufyan · #5 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 07:05 PM

Hahahaha...

Anyway, I managed to re-write the code and managed to get it working...

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$handle = printer_open("HPL7");

$file = file("wohoo.txt");



foreach($file as $line){ 

    if (isset($print_text)) {

        $print_text = $print_text . $line;

    } else {

        $print_text = $line;

    }

}



printer_write($handle, $print_text);

printer_close($handle);



echo $print_text;

?>

printer_open("HPL7"); defines the printer. 'HPL7' is the name of the printer in COntrol Panel > Printers & Faxes. Use the name EXACTLY as shown in that panel. If you want to use the default printer (windows default), you can use printer_open()

If you want to use a network printer, subsitute printer_open("HPL7"); with:
printer_open("\\\\DOMAIN_NAME\\Printer_Name");
(Note the extra slashes)

In this code, it attempts to print a text file (wohoo.txt) which is in the same directory as this script.

If you want to use a full physical path, make sure you use double back slashes (\\) or forward slashes (/).

This is just a simple example I made... you can modify it to accommodate your print options: printer_set_option

If you have any questions, feel free to dump them here...

sufyan · #6 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 07:13 PM

Oh yeah.. i forgot to say... My script will only work with text files (ASCII files)

BTW, the way you tried to do it, using printer_start_doc($handle, $print_doc); where $print_doc is the file location wont work.

hymns · #7 (**permalink**) 23-10-2003, 11:58 PM

why won't work ha? aiya! susah ma itu macham... itu mau print excel or work tatak woleh wooo.... anybody can print doc using this function?

sufyan · #8 (**permalink**) 24-10-2003, 08:29 AM

hymns, what are you trying to do? Maybe if you explain it more, we can think of alternatives/workarounds.

hymns · #9 (**permalink**) 29-10-2003, 11:12 AM

ahak!~ aku nak print excel doc sebab aku buat report guna query sql then convert ke excel format utk create graf. so aku nak bila org tengok keuntungan diorang dari graf terus leh print graf tuh... hek hek

sufyan · #10 (**permalink**) 29-10-2003, 11:55 AM

Ic...

Just a question, will the app run on a LAN or on the Web? If it's running on the web and you want remote users to be able to print documents using this fucntions, it wont work. Documents will only be printed on printers which are connected to the server (local or networked).

An alternative is to use GD to generate a graph, then use the brower's print function to print the document.

hymns · #11 (**permalink**) 29-10-2003, 06:51 PM

ahaks... lupa plak aku nak bagi tau kek ko ni... aku nak print as local jerk...

sufyan · #12 (**permalink**) 02-11-2003, 03:42 PM

Well... can't help you there hymns.. your best stab would probably still be to use GD to generate a graph then use your browser's print function.

However, I believe that it can be done - the way you want it too. Just needs the patience... but I wouldn't waste my time doing or reinventing something insignificant that can already be done a simpler way...

hymns · #13 (**permalink**) 02-11-2003, 05:11 PM

orait tak kisah la... anyway time kasehhhhhhhhhhhhh!! kalau ade kengkawan lain nak tolong solve silakan!

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