Windows Printing using win32print

[Emile van Sebille]

I'm not sure if this helps with your specific problem is, but I can say that
you need to figure out the name the printer goes by.  I've seen different
names for printers working with various applications in windows.  Here are
two examples that I'm currently using.

destPrinter = r'NEC Silentwriter 95 v2011.111 on LPT1:'
destPrinter = r"\\NT401\HP Laserjet 4000N Front Desk on NE02:"

I got the names by going into immediate mode from within Office 2000.  Here
are my notes.

## to figure out the printer name recognized in MS Office apps,
## - go into the app
## - print a document to the target printer
## - alt-F11 into visual basic
## - go into immediate mode
## - print Application.ActivePrinter
## - copy and paste the name in

Again, not sure it'll help, but hope it does.

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Emile van Sebille
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"Timothy Grant" <tjg at hyperlinq.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.993507818.30090.python-list at python.org...
> I'm not much of a windows programmer, but I am in a situation
> where I need to write a test programme that does a lot of very
> small print jobs from a Windows box. I have downloaded
> win32all, and cobbled together a little app that I think
> should, maybe work, but doesn't.
>
> In my first iteration, I simply wrote a text file, then used
> os.system('copy filename lpt1:') to print it. This worked just
> fine, but one of the variables I need to test is how an
> interaction with the actual Windows printers works. To that end
> I started reading up on win32print. I was able to come up with
> the following...
>
>
> import win32print
>
> text2print = """
> This is a test to see if I can get this text to actually print\n
>
>
>
> It will be multiple lines...\n
>
> Watch and see\n
> """
> printer = win32print.OpenPrinter('Tektronix Phaser 600 Extended')
> jid = win32print.StartDocPrinter(printer, 1, ('TEST DOC',
'c:\\test\\test.tjg', 'RAW'))
> bytes = win32print.WritePrinter(printer, text2print)
> win32print.EndDocPrinter(printer)
> win32print.ClosePrinter(printer)
> print bytes
>
>
> Now this is where my understanding of how things should work
> gets a bit shaky. I have read that the WritePrinter() function
> should send printer ready data. So since text2print is not in
> ps or pcl native format, I'm curious as to whether I'm even
> close.
>
> If I do need to send printer ready data, how do I create the
> printer ready data from my print string?
>
> Thanks for any assistance you might be able to provide.
>
> --
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>     tjg.
>
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