Hi,
Here are a couple of thoughts on this:
*) the 'printer dialog' is there for a reason, one of them being able
to choose which printer to print to (i.e. if it is not the default),
but also to make settings.
I could have a black/white printer as default, but maybe I also
have a color printer somewhere. Should I change the default
printerdriver (in windows) if I want to print color with your
application?
Related to settings, this could be wanting to print duplex
(2sided), staple settings (1, 2, none, etc), maybe I want a 2up/4up
print, quality high/low, etc. depending on how someone wants their
output.
I dont think there is any way to skip the printer dialog from the
browser.
However, there are things you can do to make a webpage 'printer
friendly' (there are some css things you can do different for
information that you would like to be printable).
*) generate postscript (pdf or pcl depending on your printer
abilities) on the server side and just send ("lpr") it to the printer
(if it supports this).
this completely "skips" the (local) printerdriver altogether.
the downside of this that you might not be able to address specific
printer features (some things are standardized in postscript, but
depending on the printer features it could require a special 'ticket'
in front of the job). You would also need to know the hostname of the
printer from the server, so what happens if a new printer is
installed?
Hope this helps,
Jeroen Janssen
On 10 feb, 11:43, blackFLINT <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please I need some help and a friend suggested using node.js. The
> issue at hand is that I am writing a cakePHP application that uses
> jquery for validations. I'm now at a deadlock however. I want to print
> straight to the default printer without popping up the printer dialog
> on the clientside browser. Does anyone have any idea how node can
> help.
>
> Regards,
> blackFLINT
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