PHP & Printing

[fean0r]

Hello,

I'm working on a project where I'd like to be able to send a letter to a printer.

I was wondering if anyone has any tips and how to do this, would php be the way to go or would it be better using something else?

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

[jeremyphphaven]

Hey fean0r -

With php i think there are a bunch of printer functions... but I'm not sure if they are cross all operating systems since Windows will deal with printer and printer drivers differently than mac, linux, etc.

google "php printer functions" - screw it, i did it for you, here's the link, lol - http://php.net/manual/en/ref.printer.php

If all your users are on Windows, i think you'll be successful, otherwise you may want to look into containing the output, then adding printer features to it.

[j_70]

I would consider PDF for its flexibility across platforms. For a free solution, FPDF works well (www.fpdf.org). If you have more specialized requirements and are willing to license something, I would check out PDFLib (www.pdflib.com).

[fean0r]

Thanks I'll look at these and post the info back.