Lol Laurence, it called sharedprintername
Okay thinking back.... coldfussion... sent via droid On Aug 31, 2010 6:24 PM, "Laurence MacNeill" <laurence5...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not quite understanding the link you sent -- that seems to deal with > PHP, which I'm not using... Maybe I'm missing something, but saw nothing > called "shareprinting" in the comments on that page... Sorry. > > And, yes, we are using ColdFusion... Version 9, actually. > > Not real sure if PDF printing would work for us or not... From what I've > read, there are ways around the pop-up dialog box with PDF printing, but > only if you're sending the job to the default printer. I need enough > control to be able to tell the computer which printer to send the job to, > based on the client's data. I'm thinking (hoping) that AIR (or something > else) will give me that kind of control. > L. > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Eric DeCoff <ericdec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>
