Laurence, Read thru the comments for shareprinting ...
I think this is what you are looking for... http://php.net/manual/en/ref.printer.php sent via droid On Aug 31, 2010 5:38 PM, "Eric DeCoff" <ericdec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey laurence, > > I'd love to see your solution to this... > > One of the biggest drawbacks to flashplayer... > > Are you using coldfussion? > > Also pdf printing might be an option... > > Will check when I get home .... > > sent via droid > > On Aug 31, 2010 4:48 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <laurence5...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I could really use some major advice here. We're so close to the finishing >> point on this project, and we're being held back by stupid printing >> problems... >> >> We *HAVE* to be able to print with no pop-up dialog boxes. None. Period. >> >> To make matters more complicated, the choice of which printer to send the >> job to will be affected by the data (i.e. a client with reg-code X gets >> printed on printer-1 and a client with reg-code Y gets printed on > printer-2 >> -- stuff like that.) So the program will somehow have to know what >> printer(s) are attached (or networked) to the machine -- it can't just > send >> all print-jobs to the default printer. >> >> We have to automate all of this, because the temp-workers we hire can't be >> counted on to remember how do it correctly. Gotta be idiot-proof... (I >> know, every time you think you've made something idiot-proof, the Universe >> comes up with bigger and better idiots... So let's say "mostly" idiot >> proof.) >> >> So... Any ideas on how I can deal with this? Should I dump Flash Player > and >> switch to AIR? That would that give me better control over the printing, >> yes? But, can AIR actually do all that I'm asking for here? >> >> And, if we do switch to AIR, what will that mean for accessing our data > from >> our ColdFusion/SQL server through https:, if anything? Any other pitfalls >> you can think of when migrating from Flash Player to AIR? Is there > actually >> a way to do this from the Flash Player, and maybe I won't need to deal > with >> AIR at all? >> >> Sorry about all the questions, but we're really stuck here, and I've got > to >> find a way to do this... >> >> Thanks, >> Laurence MacNeill >> Mableton, Georgia, USA
