On 30 Mar 2004 at 2:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmm - does this still work with modern GDI printers which rely on
> graphics output only and cannot cope with text sent straight from DOS
> (eg. the most common Epson inkjets now available)??
I'm going to hazard a guess and say yes. My thinkin
On 29 Mar 2004 at 16:43, Peter Eisengrein wrote:
> open(PRINTER,"| lpr -S server -P printer");
> print PRINTER $data;
>
> or use it as a system() call.
Or a third option:
$return = `lpr -S $printserver -P $printer -o l $printfile`;
This allows you to check the output of the lpr command. If
In a message dated 29/03/2004 19:46:37 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>print /? Prints a text
file.
PRINT [/D:device] [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
/D:device Specifies a print
Hi Peter,
The command:
system ">print temp.txt"
prints, but only to the screen.
I can not get the command:
PRINT [/D:device] [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
to work.
Going to the Control Panel for 'printers and other hardware' I get
Properties
Gestetner 2212 RPCS
location blank
Port
> On 29 Mar 2004 at 9:03, Hugh Loebner wrote:
>
> > I can get perl to write a text file 'xyz.txt' to disk with
> no problem,
> > but I don't know how to actually get my preferred printer
> to actually
> > print it out.
>
> Peter has already mentioned using the windows "Print" command.
> D
