printing over html

[Alan Mazuti]

Top posted by design.....

I use Bob's WePO program and I am extremely happy with the program.  I am
able to simultaneously print to a printer attached to the network and to the
customer / user who is using the web site.  It does support bar codes.

Alan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Mazuti [mailto:amazu at trusteeservicesinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:28 PM
> To: john at valar.com
> Subject: RE: printing over html
>
>
> 10 4 to that John.  Responded off list to him.
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> filepro-list-bounces+amazu=trusteeservicesinc.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+amazu=trusteeservicesinc.com at lists.ce
> lestial.co
> m] On Behalf Of John Esak
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:35 AM
> To: Fplist (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: printing over html
>
> Quick top-post...
> Enrigue,
> I think a gentleman name Alan Mazuti (forgive bad spelling), has
> solved this
> problem in various ways. He may even have a program to sell you
> that allows
> you to print directly to any printer on the net... you could
> integrate this
> with your script.  Alan frequenst The FP Room at strange times. I saw him
> yesterday for awhile during regular business hours, Eastern. :-)  He will
> probably see this and respond to you or the list, saying whether he has
> something available or whether it was just done for his systems. But, why
> invent the wheel if it is alwready rolling somewhere.
>
> John
> Visit The FP Room www.tinyurl.com/97y9u 24/7
>
> P.S. - You should try the FP Room... it is a great way to talk to America
> for free.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Enrique
> > Arredondo
> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:04 PM
> > To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> > Subject: printing over html
> >
> >
> > I have 2 venders with a computer running SCO unix and filepro,
> > they have a
> > filepro menu which let's them print tags on a barcode printer. Now, this
> > setup is quite obsolete because the database changes by the minute and
> > they are always missing new parts or modifications on the
> information. So
> > my new project that I want to make is something like this:
> >
> > I'll create a webpage with 2 fields, (i.e. Part and serial
> > number) then as
> > soon as they hit submit button the cgi script will run filepro at my
> > server and generate the report that would normally print on a barcode
> > printer (all special print codes plus barcode information), So
> here's the
> > hard part, how can I make so that this file gets printed on the remote
> > printer ? Is there a special command on HTML to do that ? When I
> > *cat* the
> > file back  to them would it be like :
> >
> >     echo Content-Type : print/file
> >
> >      cat $FILE
> >
> >    So their windows system asks them right away to choose their
> > printer and
> > after selecting the barcode printer it will print .
> >
> > Here is a vague idea of how my cgi script would look like :
> >
> > ---------- cut here ---------------
> > RECVDINFO=`cat`
> >
> > ./setfpenviroment
> >
> > report printing -f barcode -u -r $RECVINFO -p REPORT
> >
> > if [ -s REPORT ]
> > then
> >
> >      echo Content-type : print/plain
> >      echo
> >
> >      cat REPORT
> >
> > fi
> >
> > ------------- cut here --------
> >
> > Don't worry about the syntax , it's just an example of the idea. So here
> > REPORT is a filepro generated HTML or report file that has to make the
> > remote machine print the file. Do I make sense ?
> >
> > Is that possible ? I can do this same thing with paypal and ebay, every
> > time a ship something to my buyers paypal prints on my laser printer a
> > USPS shipping label with barcodes.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Enrique A.
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