RE: [PHP] sending to local printer
| From: | Liam dot Gibbs at dfait-maeci dot gc dot ca | Date: | Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:25:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] sending to local printer | ||
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<< All these "printer" functions seem to refer to the printer attached
to the server. I am looking for a way to send a print job to the client's
printer (without having to display the page they want to print out first).
Is this possible? Any help would be appreciated. I am actually looking to
print to a COD form, so any tips on how to format the printing for a COD
form would be appreciated too. Thanks in advance,>>
As far as I know, I don't think you can because PHP works solely on the
server. It can't force the client to do anything but display a page. But I
think there's a JavaScript way to invoke the printer dialog. You could have
PHP spit out some JavaScript, but that's supposing the client computer has
JS enabled.