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Old March 4th, 2013, 07:55 PM
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Printing file from python
I have a buffer within python that I write to a external file.

I want to print either the buffer of the external file from within my python prog.

Any ideas?
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how about
open(filename,'w').write(buffer)

And then you could stick it in a context.
See the with statement.
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how about
import os
os.system(r'print printername filename')
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import os
os.system(r'print printername filename')


I setup as follows:

file = path/filename

This is what I entered:
import os
os.system('print Brother HL-2280DW Printer file')

the screen (on laptop) flashed but never printed. LIke it wants to print but no cigar.

To get the printer name I went to 'Devices and Printers' and then just entered the default printer name. Is there someway that I can send something to the printer to verify it's the correct printer name?
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Oh you really did mean "print". What's your operating system? I usually create a LaTeX file, compile it to pdf (pdflatex) then print from evince.
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Try printer name with no spaces
Change the printer name?
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I use subprocess to run
lpr file_name
and it always works. See "man lpr" for more info.
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