[Zope] Printing from Zope.....Report writer building

[Olivier Deckmyn]

Why not generate a PDF file on the local file system and then print it
(linux machine) with gs ? (ghostscript)

just my 2 cents...

----- Message d'origine -----
De : Felipe E. Barousse Boue <fbarousse@piensa.com>
Cc : <zope@zope.org>
Envoyé : vendredi 24 mars 2000 06:46
Objet : Re: [Zope] Printing from Zope.....Report writer building


> I got some replies about PDF document creation tools, both, products for
Zope
> or, Python made software.
>
> All of those products actually create the PDF document and later on it has
to
> be "viewed" on the client PC with the Acrobat reader (or similar tool) and
> printed from there. This is NOT operational since, the server is the one
that
> has to send the print request to the Linux spooler after the user pressed
a
> "print" button on his/her browser. The "to be printed" document HAS to be
> mandatory printed (by law requirements) after user has filled in data,
> checked for errors and hit "print" on the web form (not the browser's
print
> button).