I am trying to use Python to send to the printer a calender filled with a mix of text and simple graphics. I want to draw on the printed page something like a table with 6 rows and 7 columns to represent a calendar. I want to place text precisely within those boxes on the printed page. I am using Python 2.4 on Windows XP
I was in the past able to do this within Visual Basic using its printer object. Visual Basic's printer object uses a coordinate system to allow you to draw lines and to place text on the printed page precisely. I have attached a file "jan06call.jpg" to this message to illustrate what I am trying to do. Does Python have a module which would help me do this? To put it another way, can Python control the placement of text and graphics precisely on the printed page? I have scoured my Python programming texts, python.org, and this usenet group without success. Mark Lutz's wonderful book "Programming Python" has not one reference to the word "printer" in its index. Surely, I must be overlooking something or thinking about this wrong. Michael Galvin Muskegon, MI -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
