dabo Commit
Revision 7114
Date: 2012-03-13 13:57:48 -0700 (Tue, 13 Mar 2012)
Author: Paul
Trac: http://trac.dabodev.com/changeset/7114
Changed:
U trunk/dabo/lib/reportUtils.py
Log:
Modified dabo.lib.reportUtils.printPDF() to allow specifying a printer name to
print to instead of the default printer. This will only work if gsprint is on
the path.
Tested on Windows.
Diff:
Modified: trunk/dabo/lib/reportUtils.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/dabo/lib/reportUtils.py 2012-03-12 23:09:01 UTC (rev 7113)
+++ trunk/dabo/lib/reportUtils.py 2012-03-13 20:57:48 UTC (rev 7114)
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
import tempfile
import datetime
from decimal import Decimal
+import cStringIO
+# If gsprint is available, use it for printing:
+gsprint = True
+try:
+ p = subprocess.Popen(("gsprint",), stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+except OSError:
+ gsprint = False
+
class TempFileHolder(object):
"""Utility class to get temporary file names and to make sure they are
deleted when the Python session ends.
@@ -67,14 +76,28 @@
subprocess.Popen((viewer, path))
-def printPDF(path):
- """Print the passed PDF file to the default printer."""
- try:
- os.startfile(path, "print")
- except AttributeError:
- # startfile() only available on Windows
- subprocess.Popen(("lpr", path))
+def printPDF(path, printerName=None):
+ """Print the passed PDF file to the default printer.
+ If gsprint is installed and on the path, the printerName parameter
+ can be used to specify which printer to output to. NOTE: gsprint
+ is part of gsview, and gsview depends on ghostscript. These packages
+ are GPL - to avoid legal issues make sure your end user installs them
+ separately from your application.
+ """
+ if gsprint:
+ args = ["gsprint", path]
+ if printerName:
+ args.insert(-1, '-printer')
+ args.insert(-1, "%s" % printerName)
+ p = subprocess.Popen(args, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ p.communicate()
+ else:
+ try:
+ os.startfile(path, "print")
+ except AttributeError:
+ # startfile() only available on Windows
+ subprocess.Popen(("lpr", path))
def getTestCursorXmlFromDataSet(dataset):
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