Use printer from web-browser?

Anon

Hi, I want to use a php/mysql databased web application to print (reserved) cards for a theater on a printer. Does anyone know how I can send commands DIRECTLY to the printer? I would prefer if someone could tell me how to do it in php, but other options are cool as well (javascript? flash? activeX?).

Thanks,
Gerard

Anon

With JavaScript, the code is real simple:
First, build the page, and make sure it doesn't contain anything but the card you want to print. Then, make an event on the image, like this:

OnClick="PrintFunction()"

PrintFunction must be defined fron JafaScript like this:

function PrintFunction(){

text=document;
print(text);

}

And that's it, at least with JS.

Hope it helps

fLIPIS

Anon

Yep, thanks, but I knew that. But if I do it like you say with javascript, it will also print 'page 1 of 2' at the top and the url of the html file at the bottom. How can I remove that from the page?

I'm currently searching for the possibilities to pass php variables to flash, and print it with flash.
Any help is welcome!

flipis

Sorry, my knowledge of flash is almost none. Can't really help you there.

About removing that from the page, i'm afraid you can't. Maybe i'm wrong. Sorry i can't help.

fLIPIS

sayoko

Well you can, but thats an option you have to set in your browser. Anyone tried the printing functions PHP offers on windows systems?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.printer.php

Anon

Thanks for the answers. But I think I worked a way around it. Not that pretty, but it works.

I have found a registry setting in windows where you can adjust the page setup of internet explorer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup\
Here you can delete the footing and heading and adjust the paper format and so.
This system ony has to work on 2 computers, so changing the registry doesn't matter. The text on the tickets that are to be printed will be loaded in a window with no borders or menu's, and with javascript I give the commmand window.print when the page loads. With php I can put more tickets after each other where nessesary. So, it works in the end.

Thanks anyway for your help.