printing (again!!)

[Adonis]

or if your using windows NT/2K/XP you can remap your printer using the NET
command given the user access to the lpt port and can simply call it as: x =
open("lpt1:", "w") x.write("blah" x.close() etc.

that way it would be easier to corss platform.

if on win95/98/ME then go as stated on other posts resort to either win32all
or a gui toolkit.

hope this helps.

Adonis

also, if your interested in the remapping the DOS lpt port google "DOS
printing"

"Geoff Tarrant" <geoff at galtar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:afcusp$66r$1 at newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I want to use Python as the language in a Computing course that I teach.
> However, I can't find a way that is relatively straightforward to send
data
> to a printer in a Windows environment.  If I can't find a way around this,
I
> will have to revert to Delphi or VB.  Please help.  I like the idea of
> sending 20 or so Python programmers to University each year.
>
> Geoff Tarrant
>
>