Printing with python

[Grzegorz Makarewicz]

Florian Schulze wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I would like to know what solutions exist for printing (on paper) with
> python. Preferable would be a crossplatform approach, but only for Windows
> would be good enough. I also thought about using the reportlab pdf lib and
> using the free Acrobat Reader for preview and printing. It has a nice API
> and I don't think it will be too hard to send it to Acrobat Reader.
> 
> Any suggestions or thoughts about this?
> 
> Regards,
> Florian Schulze
> 
> 
> 

try DDE connection to AR:

import os
import win32ui
import dde

fname=os.path.join(os.getcwd(),'demo.pdf')
server = dde.CreateServer()
server.Create("PyAcroview")

conversation = dde.CreateConversation(server)

conversation.ConnectTo("acroview", "control")
conversation.Exec("[DocOpen(%s)]" %fname)

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You can print, select pages and documents, ...

mak