Hey all...
I have a new one I haven't encounter before.
I need to send the output of a web page to a printer on a schedule
(obviously I'll use a cron job for scheduling) and am wondering if I can do
this through php. I know you can use the command line lpr in SSH but can I
use PHP do do it?
Hi there,
AFAIK a printer via PHP can only be used on a Windows Platform and not under
a Unix System...
But when you just want so send a Command via PHP than maybe exec(); or
system(); might fit your needs...
Regards,
-Ron
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Von: Vern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there,
I need to send the output of a web page to a printer on a schedule
(obviously I'll use a cron job for scheduling) and am wondering if I can do
this through php. I know you can use the command line lpr in SSH but can I
use PHP do do it?
If the printer is remote, you may try using the SMB
Yes, it's possible, I've done it myself.
Here is a piece of example code:
$handle = popen(lpr -P printer, w);
fwrite($handle, $message.\n);
pclose($handle);
Hope this can help you a bit. To see what I used it for, check this
out: http://www.wobbled.org/printer/
Regards,
Jan Tore Morken
On
OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any ideas?
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Yes, it's possible, I've done it myself.
Here is a piece of example code:
$handle = popen(lpr -P printer, w);
fwrite($handle, $message.\n);
Hello,
On 07/21/2004 06:42 PM, Vern wrote:
OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any ideas?
If it is a PHP script that generates the page, you may want to try
generating a Postscript version. This Postscript generation library
class may help you:
http://www.phpclasses.org/pslib
If
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:42:55 -0400, Vern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any ideas?
Go to it in a web browser and click print.
Seriously.
If you need to print an HTML page, then you have to have a browser to
render it. PHP AFAIK doesn't have
Vern wrote:
OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any ideas?
you should be able to use
exec('lpr page.html');
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OK, welll this may be off topic then, but is there any way I can print a php
page to a printer from the command line in SSH so I can use a CRON job to
print it?
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That will print the page's html code.
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You can also use wget to grab the web page and then pipe it to lpr
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OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any ideas?
you should be able to use
exec('lpr page.html');
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That would be helpful. Could you give me an example please?
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Can you already send jobs to the printer from SSH?
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OK, welll this may be off topic then, but
Yes but if you print a php page it prints out the code for the php.
I need to print out a report that is written in php and uses a MySQL
database.
If only I could just hit the print button in the browser!!! LOL
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Hello,
On 07/21/2004 08:26 PM, Vern wrote:
Yes but if you print a php page it prints out the code for the php.
I need to print out a report that is written in php and uses a MySQL
database.
In Unix/Linux, the print system takes printouts in Postscript, not HTML.
You need to generate Postscript or
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:58:24 -0700, Ed Lazor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can also use wget to grab the web page and then pipe it to lpr
This will also just grab the page's HTML and print it.
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OK, but here's the rub:
I need to print a web page. Any
Hello,
On 07/21/2004 08:36 PM, Justin Patrin wrote:
You can also use wget to grab the web page and then pipe it to lpr
This will also just grab the page's HTML and print it.
I think you missed the part when the original poster mentioned that he
wanted to print the page from a cron script (no
The example depends on how you're printing from SSH. You'll need to check
whether wget is available on the system as well.
man wget to see it's various parameters.
wget http://www.yahoo.com | lpr
but like I say... it depends on a few things on your end...
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