On Jun 13, 1:13 pm, Monte Milanuk <memila...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/13/10 10:23 AM, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > > > However, the overall problem here is that printer APIs are very > > different between os and they aren't abstracted in python to some common > > module. They need access to GUI libraries which python doesn't expose > > out of the box. > > I know the usual response to what I'm about to say is "Knock yourself > out, let us know when you have something workable" but I have to say it > anyways... wow, that seems like such a gaping hole that I can't hardly > believe its not filled. Printing final results is a *huge* part of what > I'm wanting to do. > > Seems like it'd be a huge opportunity for someone wanting to > improve/contribute to python, or like one of the 'summer of code' > projects, etc.
EXACTLY! This is a major missing piece of Python stdlib or at least a needed 3rd party module. But in order for it to be adopted we need to make it cross platform. I would also like to include some Image Acquisition capabilities just to round out the usability of the thing. I can help on the windows side unfortunately i know nothing of mac and Linux so if anyone else wants to try to create a stdlib "acceptable" module (or just a good 3rd party mod) i will offer my limited win32 experiences to the pile. As far as printing raw text to a printer Tim Golden has posted some code here. Although limited it's a good start... http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html Also i found an incomplete script many moons ago if you are interested. It's needs polishing however it's a start. The script processes raw test and organizes it into pages before sending the data to printer (win32 only!) I cannot find the link but if anybody wants the script contact me. I need to wrap it into a class. It's pretty ugly, albeit working code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
