The way that I do it on Linux is to generate TeX output, invoke TeX
using system(), and then just lpr the output to the printer. The
current production system that I am using actually uses a perl script
invoked from a php script, really ugly, but I had the perl script from
another project.
Here is a PHP example:
$tex_file = "/tmp/file.tex";
$dvi_file = "/tmp/file.dvi";
$fp = fopen ($tex,"w");
fputs ($fp, "This is a short story.\n");
fputs ($fp, "\\end\n");
fclose($fp);
system ("tex --output-directory /tmp $tex_file >> $log_file");
system ("dvips -P el4050 $dvi_file");
You have to understand TeX/LaTeX. The good news is that if you use TeX
you will end up with output that the fools that use Crystal Reports
will drool over.
Bill
--On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:47 PM +0100 Fernando Avila
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Matthew,
>
> Friday, August 10, 2001, 8:55:24 PM, you wrote:
>
>
> ML> If you run windows, then see:
>
> ML> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.printer.php
>
>
> ML> -----Original Message-----
> ML> From: Fernando Avila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> ML> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 10:18 AM
> ML> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ML> Subject: [PHP] printing
>
>
> ML> Hello php-general,
>
> ML> I was thinking about my problem about printing reports
> ML> CAn i do something like connecting a printer to the server
> where php ML> and mysql runs.. And when someone send the comand to
> print the quote ML> get printed in the server's printer?
> ML> if it's posible maybe i will be albe to print a good quote
>
>
> And if i run linux?
> because I have a redhat 6.2 server
>
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Fernando mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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