[Tutor] Printing from python

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op 14-03-14 12:14, Ulrich Goebel schreef:
> I just found a hint, the Qt QPrinter Class. I use Qt, so that could be 
> a solution?

This would be your best bet, use the tools which are provided. I'm a GTK 
user and use the GTK printing API to both create and print reports.

If you want to use cups, this is a project with Python bindings for 
cups: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycups/1.9.66

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> Am 14.03.2014 11:40, schrieb Ulrich Goebel:
>> Hallo,
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>> is there another way to pritt a PDF form python?
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>> My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp,
>> even not out of python using
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>> os.system("lp some_options file.pdf")
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>> Later on I have to build the PDF in a python program (using reportlab)
>> and then print it, even from the python program.
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>> So I look for a (nice documented) library which give access to the CUPS
>> API or something else to print the PDF from python.
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>> Any help is welcome!
>>
>> Ulrich
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