To see an example of what I am trying to accomplish, look at this page on my personal website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/michaelgalvin/jan06call.html I now realize my attachement could not be posted on this usenet group. On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:16:02 -0500, Michael Galvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am trying to use Python to send to the printer a calender filled >with a mix of text and simple graphics. I want to draw on the printed >page something like a table with 6 rows and 7 columns to represent a >calendar. I want to place text precisely within those boxes on the >printed page. I am using Python 2.4 on Windows XP > >I was in the past able to do this within Visual Basic using its >printer object. Visual Basic's printer object uses a coordinate >system to allow you to draw lines and to place text on the printed >page precisely. I have attached a file "jan06call.jpg" to this message >to illustrate what I am trying to do. > >Does Python have a module which would help me do this? > >To put it another way, can Python control the placement of text and >graphics precisely on the printed page? > >I have scoured my Python programming texts, python.org, and this >usenet group without success. Mark Lutz's wonderful book "Programming >Python" has not one reference to the word "printer" in its index. >Surely, I must be overlooking something or thinking about this wrong. > >Michael Galvin >Muskegon, MI -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
