I had another thought on this matter, and was wondering if any one else has tried it. Lets say I had the server generate all of the letters to be printed and copied them to a file print driver, had the client download the file, and then manually send it to the printer?
Dan -----Original Message----- From: Dan O'Keefe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 5:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Printing You know what though, I need to print to a clients printer, so I assume I will be talking JavaScript and the window.print method. I will need to print a number of letters with the dynamic name and address, similar to a mail merge. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Tipton Josh (orl1jdt) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Printing copy file.txt > lpt1 is it is local or if you have captured the printer in dos to lpt1 if it is networked. I do that exact thing using cffile then exexecute. It sends it through the server to a printer that everyone works on. Joshua Tipton -----Original Message----- From: Dan O'Keefe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Printing What is the easiest way to send a text document to a printer from CFML. I would imagine writing the file out with CFFILE and somehow initiating a DOS command such as: copy file.txt > PRN Dan ----------------------------------------- Dan O'Keefe TriPoint Technologies 954.501.3115 ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
