> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:06 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Sending Faxes through Cold Fusion > > > Google HTMLDOC. If I remember correctly it's free > > and does everything you are looking for. > > Thanks Terry, the only thing I could find with that was a > utility to convert > pages to PDF, but I didn't see anything about it sending them to the > printer. My ideal solution would be a tool that would simply > take a URL to > fetch, render, and print to the default printer with no user > interaction on > the server. > > I've been trying to write a utility in .NET to do this, but > my C# skills are > not to that level just yet and I'm running out of scheduled time.
This is a Windows-only solution (at least just tested and being used on Windows): Actually, htmldoc allows you to convert html pages to postscript as well, so if you have postscript drivers installed for your printers you can simply copy the .ps file to any local or network printer via the command line. You can even use move from the command line which will take care of sending the file to the printer and then deleting it (although there is a caveat with using move, see below). I set this system up a few years back for a non-profit client of ours. It's an intranet system that allows them to print reports, letter runs and billing statements directly to any printer on their network. It also gives them the option to generate a PDF, which is nice when they are working remotely and need to view or print something locally. The batch file runs the html file through htmldoc and then moves the output ..ps file to the printer: move \\server\printername. For some reason I've noticed that moving the file stopped working on the server after some period of time, so I had to change the batch file so it would copy the .ps file to the printer and then delete it. That's neither here nor there, though, but maybe it'll help someone in the future! Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
