jeff elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Instead, as was suggested earlier, use the "lpr" command and send it >> the text/data on standard input. Any reasonably managed Unix system >> should be able to handle a fair range of graphics formats, though >> postscript is preferred. > I've been using: > > p=os.popen('lp','w') > p.write("some text') > p.Close()
Yeah. System V called it lp. BSD called it lpr. Most modern systems have both, as they are just a front end to the line printer (when was the last time you saw an honest-to-gods line printer?) daemon. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list