Hi all, Background for this is that a client has a dBaseIV DOS accounting system that they will upgrade after the Senior Partner retires. Which is a decade or more away. Printing from DOS is the not negotiable part.
For a few years, I've run a server on a Windows machine that intercepts LPT1: data and sends it to a TCP/IP port where I have a server process that then renders the text output to graphics (Windows GDI) under Windows and the output prints. Its all good until electrical contractors come and disconnect cables from the hub, and then the network goes, and it all breaks and users complain. This problem only occurs in XP, not on Windows 2000, but the W2K is disappearing. Now I want to move the rendering of text files to a Linux server (some stable ones exist here) and hoping to do the same in Linux. Anybody know how to drive CUPS from Python and do GDI level control ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
