It all depends on the printer you are using.. if its a thermal barcode type, well you likely will need to but a printserver appliance to smack an IP to it...
Now if laser is the case, HP tends to be mostly IP based on the business models or optional upgrade... Administration and all can be done via IP / Web browser... The firewall matter is easily remedied by opening the Microsoft service port used for such things... MS should have a list of PORT stuff somewhere on their website... numbers of firewall vendors make such available for easy configuration by new buyer. -paris Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com 412-292-3135 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: "Dave Cordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:04:09 -0500 Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? > Interesting idea adding a printer via IP address. Obviously we would > have to > open the firewall in order to make that happen. > > Dave Cordes > Senior ColdFusion Developer > 636-939-1081 (H) > 636-578-4235 (M) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:PLundis@;areaindex.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:38 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? > > > ahh, connect a printer to your server.. which isn't a smart idea... > > alternatively... hmmm CF from the server runs the custom batch to get > report or whatever (custom barcode).. then uses the CFHTTP to post to > a > CF template on your local box where the printer is... > > you could use other means to accomodate... but generally, thats what > I > would do... > > or, you could just connect the webserver to the printer by mapping it > as a connected printer resource - especially if the printer support > IP > or you have a print server attached to it... so you would print to > like > LPT2 instead which is really a mapped resource that isn't physically > connected to the server but your workstation... > > If you have the IP ability and can peer through firewall in and out, > you could really make this work with your servers sitting across the > planet. > > -paris > > Paris Lundis > Founder > Areaindex, L.L.C. > http://www.areaindex.com > http://www.pubcrawler.com > 412-292-3135 > [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] > [connecting people, places and things] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Dave Cordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:26:35 -0500 > Subject: RE: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? > > > Jochem, > > Do you have an idea how I would use this solution from the server. > I > > mean, > > it works great on localhost, but I can't run this from the server > > because > > the printer is installed locally. > > > > Dave Cordes > > Senior ColdFusion Developer > > 636-939-1081 (H) > > 636-578-4235 (M) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:jochemd@;oli.tudelft.nl] > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:19 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Using CFEXECUTE from a Web Browser??? > > > > > > Dave Cordes wrote: > > > > > Windows XP > > > ColdFusion MX > > > > OK, so your process will always run for as long as the timeout > > specified. > > > > > What did you mean by the "/c" parameter? Should I add that > command > > in > > > order to close the command? > > > > Yes. But I usually make it the first option I specify: > > <CFEXECUTE NAME="C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" > > ARGUMENTS="/c copy C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFDEV\barcode\zebra.txt > LPT" > > TIMEOUT="5"> > > </CFEXECUTE> > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
