Re: [SL] HELP NEEDED:Printing in Windows

[Richard P. <ri...@rp...>]

Hi,

I think you have a couple of problems here...

1) SL makes PostScript files which are sent to the printer... unless
your printer is a postscript printer, you'll have problems

2) Windows does not have any command which will send standard input to a
printer...

The solution is to use the GSPrint utility from GSview:

    %printer = ( Default => 'gsprint -');

will print to the default windows printer, you can make it print to a
specific printer by adding a -printer option as follows:

    %printer = ( Laser => 'gsprint -printer "HP LaserJet 6P" -');

Alternatively,

    %printer = ( Printers => 'gsprint -query -');

will ask you which printer to print to.

You will need to make sure that you add the gsview directory (c:\program
files\ghostgum\gsview) to your path.

I don't run SL on windows, but I think this will work...

Hope this helps

Regards

Richard


Tero Afelt wrote:

>PROBLEM: Printing in Windows XP
>I have installed Sql-ledger to a Win XP (service pack1 ) computer
>installation includes Apache 2.054
>                                  Perl 5.8.7
>                                  + Apache-DBI + Apache-DBILogin + DBD-Pg
>                                  (specially compiled for Perl 5.8.7 win 
>version )
>                                  AFPL Ghostscript 8.51
>                                  GSview 4.7
>                                  Miktex - Full
>                                  Microsoft VCToolkit
>                                  Postgre 8
>                                  IndigoStar - sendmail
>
>SITUATION: Everything  works exept:
>    1) printing to a printer HPLaserJetIIIP
>    2)  Emails  don't  have  senddate ( some Perl-component missing ? )
>
>* Printer is local printer- Shared with name HPLaserJ
>* IP of computer running Sql-ledger is 192.168.1.252
>
>If I choose print to sceen with postgript I get a GSview window with perfect 
>template
>
>If I choose to print to screen with PDF I get Adobe/GSview window with perfect 
>template
>                                 
>If I choose to print to file I get Apache-error and logfile shows me: 
>-malformed header from script. Bad header=No File to print                    
>or
>-malformed header from script. Bad header=The syntax of the command
> is i: is.pl referrer: http://127.0.0.1/sql-ledger/is.pl.....
>( Which one I get depends what I put to sql.conf file as printer )
>
>Because winXP by default don't give me a possibility to use lpr ( as I can
>in Linux ) I have tried many different printer settings.
>
>When I print from command line I can do it for example:
>  
>
>>print /d:\\192.168.1.252\HPLaserJ filename(with path)
>>    
>>
>whit that command I can print to all shared LPT-connected-printers in network 
>( Windows ones)
>
>so I try:
>
>Some examples:
># available printers
>%printer = ( Default    =>  'print /d:\\192.168.1.252\HPLaserJ');
>and
>%printer = ( Default    =>  'print /d:\\\\192.168.1.252\\HPLaserJ');
>and
>%printer = ( Default    =>  'copy /d:\\\\192.168.1.252\\HPLaserJ');
>
>BUT NON OF EM WORKS
>WHAT TO PUT THERE ????????
>
>  
>