Errno 32 Broken pipe

Chris Jankowski cjankowski at hbr-inc.com
Thu Aug 12 15:02:07 EDT 2004


I am trying to print an image file to a network printer and getting
the following error.  This is a Windows based system, using a network
printer.

Any ideas.
Error Message: cannot print image (exceptions.IOError:[Errno 32]
Broken pipe)

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Code:
#! /usr/local/bin/python
#
# The Python Imaging Library.
# $Id: //modules/pil/Scripts/pilprint.py#2 $
#
# print image files to postscript printer
#
# History:
# 0.1   96-04-20 fl     Created
# 0.2a1 96-10-04 fl     Use draft mode when converting.
#

VERSION = "pilprint 0.2a1/96-10-04"

import Image
import PSDraw

letter = ( 1.0*72, 1.0*72, 7.5*72, 10.0*72 )

def description(file, image):
    import os
    title = os.path.splitext(os.path.split(file)[1])[0]
    format = " (%dx%d "
    if image.format:
        format = " (" + image.format + " %dx%d "
    return title + format % image.size + image.mode + ")"

import getopt, os, sys

if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print "PIL Print 0.2a1/96-10-04 -- print image files"
    print "Usage: pilprint files..."
    print "Options:"
    print "  -c            colour printer (default is monochrome)"
    print "  -p            print via lpr (default is stdout)"
    print "  -P <printer>  same as -p but use given printer"
    sys.exit(1)

try:
    opt, argv = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "cdpP:")
except getopt.error, v:
    print v
    sys.exit(1)

printer = None # print to stdout
monochrome = 1 # reduce file size for most common case

for o, a in opt:
    if o == "-d":
        # debug: show available drivers
        Image.import_plugins()
        print Image.ID
        sys.exit(1)
    elif o == "-c":
        # colour printer
        monochrome = 0
    elif o == "-p":
        # default printer channel
        printer = "lpr"
    elif o == "-P":
        # printer channel
        printer = "lpr -P%s" % v

for file in argv:
    try:

        im = Image.open(file)

        title = description(file, im)

        if monochrome and im.mode not in ["1", "L"]:
            im.draft("L", im.size)
            im = im.convert("L")

        if printer:
            fp = win32pipe.popen(printer, "w")
        else:
            fp = sys.stdout

        ps = PSDraw.PSDraw(fp)

        ps.begin_document()
        ps.setfont("Helvetica-Narrow-Bold", 18)
        ps.text((letter[0], letter[3]+24), title)
        ps.setfont("Helvetica-Narrow-Bold", 8)
        ps.text((letter[0], letter[1]-30), VERSION)
        ps.image(letter, im)
        ps.end_document()

    except:
        print "cannot print image",
        print "(%s:%s)" % (sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value)
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Thanks

Chris J.



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