[reportlab-users] Printing through Adobe Reader - shutdown

[Tim Roberts]

Michael Hipp wrote:

> Resurrecting an old thread...

>

> Does anyone know if it's possible to redirect the printout to a different Win 

> printer using the 'ie' method show below? As written it always goes to the

> default printer.

>   


I believe you should be able to use printWithDialog to bring up the
normal print dialog.  I do not think there is any way to give it a
specific printer through the ActiveX interface.  It's hard enough to
request a specific printer when going straight to the Win32 API.


> <dreaming>

> I really wish there were a lightweight, robust, pythonistic way to print pdfs 

> directly rather than using these hired henchmen. Anyone have any ideas?

> </dreaming>

>   


Dreaming is right.  Rendering a PDF is not a lightweight task.  Remember
that PDF is essentially Postscript, and Postscript is a fully functional
programming language.  A Postscript renderer is essentially a language
interpreter.

You can certainly embed GhostScript into your application.  It
understands PDFs and would give you maximum control, but it won't be
lightweight.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.