Re[2]: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32::Print ?

[Danny Z. <da...@be...>]

Dear Harald,

     I see.. well the system that is being used in the OCX is more
     flexible.. it offers the possibility to write or preformat your
     page in the spool memory by using simple commands, just like you
     are outputting it to the screen, you need to paramater x and y
     locations.  Afterwards it is printed to any (in windows
     installed) printer device.  Printing images (read :
     pre-formating) aren't giving any problems.

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Monday, May 07, 2001, 7:15:47 PM, you wrote:

PH> |   I thought of a solution whereby you could preformat your text &
PH> |   images, and than output it to the printer spool.

PH> The only thing I can contribute to this is my rather unpleasant experience
PH> with printing graphical data in windows (GDI, not any specific language). I
PH> tried to open a bitmap (paper size in 300 dpi, 1 bps = 1 lousy MB), write
PH> and draw into it and then just give it to the printer driver. It turned out
PH> that most printer drivers just refuse to handle it. The ugly workaround was
PH> to convert the bitmap to PCL code and copy that file to the printer port,
PH> bypassing the driver. Which, of course, restricts you to PCL printers. I
PH> hated it.

PH> It seems that other programs slice the bitmap and pass several stripes to
PH> the printer driver, but I tried this and it still mangled up the picture.
PH> Having to keep a deadline, I just took the creepy hack with the PCL and
PH> never wanted to think about it again. I might ad that it was way back,
PH> Win3.1 and later Win95.

PH> My point is, it might not be as easy as you would like it to be.

PH> Have fun,
PH> Harald

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