One option is to create your page as an image file using PIL (which can handle your text and drawing requirements, as well as any pictures/graphics), then print it to a windows printer using my ImagePrintWin module.
ImagePrintWin can print to any normal windows printer, and includes an optional GUI for doing a "Printer Setup" type dialog (including preview). It can even handle ICC profiles for your printer if you want color accuracy. You can download ImagePrintWin (GPL'd) from my site at: http://www.cazabon.com/python/downloads/ImagePrintWin.py The pyCMS module for doing ICC is available also on my site at: http://www.cazabon.com/pyCMS/ Kevin Cazabon. "Michael Galvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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
