Thanks, The client is in a one printer office. If the output file is opened with note and then sent to the printer everything is fine but it defeats the purpose of the utility. Also tried > lpt1 but the same results.
I'm trying to find out if this was some change in xp from previous versions, or is there something abnormal going on. I'm trying to avoid setting up an xp machine for one client. jim-on-linux On Saturday 30 December 2006 03:05, Tim Roberts wrote: > jim-on-linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Did you run from a file or type in from > > keyboard? > > > >When the client runs the utility program the > >output file is built but nothing prints and no > >messages appear. When I typed from keyboard on > > an xp pro at c:\, I got the message. > > > >Is it possible that virus detector or some > >self.defense software is interacting? > > It is quite possible that they simply do not > have a printer hooked up to their computer's > parallel port. If all of your printers are > from network shares, then the special file > "prn" will not go anywhere. > > Typing to "prn" is a dreadful way to do > printing on Windows. -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
