[python-win32] win32 printer

[Bob Hood]

I don't know specifically what is wrong with your script, but I wanted to 
chime in here and confirm that it also failed to print anything for me.  No 
error messages, nothing in the printer queue, and nothing printed.


On 11/28/2017 10:19 AM, Richard Peeters wrote:
>  Hello,
> I'm new to Python and this list.
> > I installed pypiwin32 ,
> and demo runs without errors.... but nothing is printing. I checked and
> > nothing in cue
> > Os is windows7.
> > BTW is there a simple method to just print text (as lprint in basic)?
>
> > tks Richard
>
> > code:
> > ----------------------------------
> > #printer
> > import os, sys
> > import win32print
> > printer_name = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter ()
> > print(printer_name)
> > #
> > # raw_data could equally be raw PCL/PS read from
> > #  some print-to-file operation
> > #
> > if sys.version_info >= (3,):
> >   raw_data = bytes ("This is a test", "utf-8")
> > else:
> >   raw_data = "This is a test"
> >
> > hPrinter = win32print.OpenPrinter (printer_name)
> > print(hPrinter)
> > try:
> >   hJob = win32print.StartDocPrinter (hPrinter, 1, ("test of raw data",
> > None, "RAW"))
> >   try:
> >     win32print.StartPagePrinter (hPrinter)
> >     win32print.WritePrinter (hPrinter, raw_data)
> >     win32print.EndPagePrinter (hPrinter)
> >   finally:
> >     win32print.EndDocPrinter (hPrinter)
> > finally:
> >   win32print.ClosePrinter (hPrinter)
>
>
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