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JHT83
Save image and send to printer
Feb 14th, 2009, 9:25pm  
Hi,

This is a really basic question as I am a beginner.

I have created an applet and I would really love to able enable the user to save the image and print it out (or just print out) as the applet is running. I realise that there is a save image function in processing, but is there a print out function? If so, what would be the code to save and print out and where should I place this within the applet?

I have searched for this and haven't been able to find it.

Thankyou and my apologies for the basic nature of the question.
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PhiLho 
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #1 - Feb 14th, 2009, 11:18pm  
I don't really know if an applet can print. Even for just saving an image, the applet must be signed.
Anyway, if the user can save the image, they can print it out with their usual tools, I think.
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JHT83
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2009, 11:50pm  
Hi,

Thankyou for the reply. I will look into just saving out and printing using manual methods.

Thanks again.
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Cedric
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #3 - Feb 15th, 2009, 6:32am  
Automatic printing without accepting is not possible i guess. but you can hack together a php java processing combination checking a special folder and calling the print command if there are any new images...
should work somehow.

check out this post that offers some solutions
http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/lofiversion/index.php/t27856.html
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PhiLho 
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #4 - Feb 15th, 2009, 10:00am  
Cedric, if the server prints, it isn't very useful, unless the service sends by snail mail the result...

Now, that's indeed an alternative with the advantage of not needing signature: upload the image to server as I show in Re: save to web --- image export, then redirect to a page showing the image: the user can then save the image or print it, using the usual browser facilities.
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Cedric
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #5 - Feb 15th, 2009, 10:38am  
What the script should actually do is what you said, just redirecting you to a page showing the image or loading it in a hidden div or something, and calls the printing script... anyway, its not much better then asking you to save or print it by yourself...


<html>
<head>
<title>Printing ...</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function myprint() {
print();
}
// End -->
</SCRIPT>
</head>

<BODY onLoad="myprint()">
<p>Youve auto printed this page using, the Print() in JavaScript, congrats</p>
<p>blah blah blah blah</p>
<p>blah blah blah blah</p>
</body>
</html>


Anyway, im pretty sure you are right Smiley
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JHT83
Re: Save image and send to printer
Reply #6 - Feb 16th, 2009, 9:46am  
Hi,

Thankyou Cedric and Philho. I will check out these options, but like you said it would result in the same number of actions as printing out manually.

Thanks for the help though.
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