I figured out how to tell FOP to print to a specified printer. On Windoze, depending on if you have a postscript printer or PCL printer you can simply do: fop ... -ps \\computername\printer or fop ... -pcl \\computername\printer.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph LaChance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: FOP Print Option > > > At 03:53 PM 3/8/02, you wrote: > >I need to use the FOP print option (-print) to print a FO directly to a > >printer. The problem is, I need to tell FOP which printer (by > name, port or > >UNC name) to print to. Displaying the preview window (-awt) or printer > >dialog is not an option. I will be embedding this code in an application > >which will run unattended. The application will "wake up", > check for FOs to > >print and print them automatically without any user intervention > and then go > >back to sleep. The print out must go to a specified printer containing a > >special paper which will most likely NOT be the default printer. > Any ideas > >how to do this? > > This was answered previously, please check the archives. > > The short answer is that you cannot in any straightforward fashion > programmatically assign a printjob to a specific printer pre-Java 1.4. > There new JavaPrintService facility in 1.4 is promising, but I think > you might have trouble trying to run fop in 1.4 yet. > > If someone wishes to "refine" this answer, please jump in; > Alex -- another topic for the faq? > > > > ' Best, > -Ralph LaChance > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
