Some printers can take input via SMTP and FTP -- I know the network laser printers we have can -- and since FTP functions are so easy to use from PHP applications, that may be an easy and reliable method to look into.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of inforequest Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:54 PM To: talk@lists.nyphp.org Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Re: Automatically Print Pages Joseph Crawford codebowl-at-gmail.com |nyphp dev/internal group use| wrote: > THe current situation is this. > > We use PHP for the warehouse tools section of the site. THe tools are > hosted on a server at Rackspace that is also connected via VPN to our > local network. We are trying to figure out how to do one of 2 things. > > 1.) have the files print locally on the workstations (Windows XP, IE). > We actually thought of the batch file but that would cause ALL PDF to > be sent to the batch file and we wouldnt want that. > 2.) Have the server at rackspace send the lpr command to push the file > to the shared printer using lpr. > > #2 is the way i am thinking of going. On the form there would be a > textbox that says Printer Name, they would scan a barcode that would > inject the printers shared name. lpr would send the command to that > shared printer. > > The question is how do i know if the linux server at rackspace is > actually seeing the shared printers in-house here. > > Thanks, > Joseph Crawford I'd look at a mail-based solution (procmail?) for this. That might just be me. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Your web server traffic log file is the most important source of web business information available. Do you know where your logs are right now? Do you know who else has access to your log files? When they were last archived? Where those archives are? --John Andrews Competitive Webmaster and SEO Blogging at http://www.johnon.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
