Server Side Printing

Re: Server Side Printing

What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using to
execute it?

--

Ray at work
Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP


"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:41dc0dd4.1 75305000@msnews .microsoft.com. ..[color=blue]
> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been[/color]
able[color=blue]
> to find any way of making this happen.
>
> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is being
> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file. An[/color]
EPL[color=blue]
> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would be
> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
>
> copy label.EPL LPT1
>
> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same thing
> within ASP.
>
> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP using[/color]
the[color=blue]
> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't seem[/color]
to[color=blue]
> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still not
> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also tried
> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
>
> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP script[/color]
at[color=blue]
> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only be[/color]
used[color=blue]
> as an internal application.[/color]

Re: Server Side Printing

print.asp contains
set wshell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")
wshell.run "c:\inetpub\www root\ups\print. bat"
set wshell = nothing

print.bat contains:
copy c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\ups\label.e pl lpt1

I also tried changing the path in print.bat to be the local path:

copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1

The page loads and doesn't give any errors but nothing prints.

Thanks for your assistance.

"Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
[color=blue]
>What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using to
>execute it?
>
>--
>
>Ray at work
>Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP
>
>
>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>news:41dc0dd4. 175305000@msnew s.microsoft.com ...[color=green]
>> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been[/color]
>able[color=green]
>> to find any way of making this happen.
>>
>> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is being
>> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file. An[/color]
>EPL[color=green]
>> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would be
>> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
>>
>> copy label.EPL LPT1
>>
>> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same thing
>> within ASP.
>>
>> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP using[/color]
>the[color=green]
>> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't seem[/color]
>to[color=green]
>> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still not
>> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also tried
>> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
>>
>> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP script[/color]
>at[color=green]
>> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
>> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only be[/color]
>used[color=green]
>> as an internal application.[/color]
>
>[/color]

Re: Server Side Printing

If you run the batch file while logged onto the server does it work?

--
--Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning


"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:41dc176a.1 77759250@msnews .microsoft.com. ..[color=blue]
> print.asp contains
> set wshell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")
> wshell.run "c:\inetpub\www root\ups\print. bat"
> set wshell = nothing
>
> print.bat contains:
> copy c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\ups\label.e pl lpt1
>
> I also tried changing the path in print.bat to be the local path:
>
> copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1
>
> The page loads and doesn't give any errors but nothing prints.
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
>
> "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using to
>>execute it?
>>
>>--
>>
>>Ray at work
>>Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP
>>
>>
>>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>>news:41dc0dd4 .175305000@msne ws.microsoft.co m...[color=darkred]
>>> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been[/color]
>>able[color=darkred]
>>> to find any way of making this happen.
>>>
>>> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is being
>>> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file. An[/color]
>>EPL[color=darkred]
>>> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would be
>>> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
>>>
>>> copy label.EPL LPT1
>>>
>>> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same thing
>>> within ASP.
>>>
>>> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP using[/color]
>>the[color=darkred]
>>> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't seem[/color]
>>to[color=darkred]
>>> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still not
>>> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also tried
>>> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP script[/color]
>>at[color=darkred]
>>> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
>>> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only be[/color]
>>used[color=darkred]
>>> as an internal application.[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Re: Server Side Printing

I am logged onto the server when I print it from the workstation.
But, I assume you mean from the server itself? If so, then I have not
tried it. The server is not setup to use this printer at all.

"Mark Schupp" <notvalid@email .net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>If you run the batch file while logged onto the server does it work?
>
>--
>--Mark Schupp
>Head of Development
>Integrity eLearning
>www.ielearning.com
>
>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>news:41dc176a. 177759250@msnew s.microsoft.com ...[color=green]
>> print.asp contains
>> set wshell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")
>> wshell.run "c:\inetpub\www root\ups\print. bat"
>> set wshell = nothing
>>
>> print.bat contains:
>> copy c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\ups\label.e pl lpt1
>>
>> I also tried changing the path in print.bat to be the local path:
>>
>> copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1
>>
>> The page loads and doesn't give any errors but nothing prints.
>>
>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>
>> "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using to
>>>execute it?
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Ray at work
>>>Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP
>>>
>>>
>>>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>>>news:41dc0dd 4.175305000@msn ews.microsoft.c om...
>>>> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been
>>>able
>>>> to find any way of making this happen.
>>>>
>>>> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is being
>>>> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file. An
>>>EPL
>>>> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would be
>>>> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
>>>>
>>>> copy label.EPL LPT1
>>>>
>>>> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same thing
>>>> within ASP.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP using
>>>the
>>>> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't seem
>>>to
>>>> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still not
>>>> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also tried
>>>> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP script
>>>at
>>>> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
>>>> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only be
>>>used
>>>> as an internal application.
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

Re: Server Side Printing

Your ASP code is trying to print on the server, not on the client. Only a
printer attached to the server can be used the way that you describe.

In order to use a printer on the client you will have to download the data
file and then use client-side code to print it (will probably need a
client-side component for that). Try asking on a client-side group.

--
--Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning


"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:41dc2c79.1 83150093@msnews .microsoft.com. ..[color=blue]
>I am logged onto the server when I print it from the workstation.
> But, I assume you mean from the server itself? If so, then I have not
> tried it. The server is not setup to use this printer at all.
>
> "Mark Schupp" <notvalid@email .net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>If you run the batch file while logged onto the server does it work?
>>
>>--
>>--Mark Schupp
>>Head of Development
>>Integrity eLearning
>>www.ielearning.com
>>
>>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>>news:41dc176a .177759250@msne ws.microsoft.co m...[color=darkred]
>>> print.asp contains
>>> set wshell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")
>>> wshell.run "c:\inetpub\www root\ups\print. bat"
>>> set wshell = nothing
>>>
>>> print.bat contains:
>>> copy c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\ups\label.e pl lpt1
>>>
>>> I also tried changing the path in print.bat to be the local path:
>>>
>>> copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1
>>>
>>> The page loads and doesn't give any errors but nothing prints.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>>
>>> "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
>>>
>>>>What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using to
>>>>execute it?
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Ray at work
>>>>Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
>>>>news:41dc0d d4.175305000@ms news.microsoft. com...
>>>>> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been
>>>>able
>>>>> to find any way of making this happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is being
>>>>> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file. An
>>>>EPL
>>>>> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would be
>>>>> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
>>>>>
>>>>> copy label.EPL LPT1
>>>>>
>>>>> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same thing
>>>>> within ASP.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP using
>>>>the
>>>>> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't seem
>>>>to
>>>>> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still not
>>>>> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also tried
>>>>> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP script
>>>>at
>>>>> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
>>>>> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only be
>>>>used
>>>>> as an internal application.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Re: Server Side Printing

Try mapping LPT1 to a printer first.

net use lpt1: \\server\prints hare
copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1
net use lpt1: /d


Is Y: a local drive?

--

Ray at work
Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP


"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:41dc176a.1 77759250@msnews .microsoft.com. ..[color=blue]
> print.asp contains
> set wshell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")
> wshell.run "c:\inetpub\www root\ups\print. bat"
> set wshell = nothing
>
> print.bat contains:
> copy c:\inetpub\wwwr oot\ups\label.e pl lpt1
>
> I also tried changing the path in print.bat to be the local path:
>
> copy y:\ups\label.ep l lpt1
>
> The page loads and doesn't give any errors but nothing prints.
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
>
> "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial>[/color]
wrote:[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> >What does your batch file look like and the code that you're using[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> >execute it?
> >
> >--
> >
> >Ray at work
> >Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP
> >
> >
> >"ccg" <blah@yahoo.com > wrote in message
> >news:41dc0dd4. 175305000@msnew s.microsoft.com ...[color=darkred]
> >> I am trying to print a file from an ASP script but haven't been[/color]
> >able[color=darkred]
> >> to find any way of making this happen.
> >>
> >> I have an EPL (Eltron Thermal Printer language) file that is[/color][/color][/color]
being[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> generated from the script and I want a way to print this file.[/color][/color][/color]
An[color=blue][color=green]
> >EPL[color=darkred]
> >> file is basically printed the same way as a postscript PRN would[/color][/color][/color]
be[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> printed. From a command prompt I can type:
> >>
> >> copy label.EPL LPT1
> >>
> >> and get the thing printed. I want to be able to do this same[/color][/color][/color]
thing[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> within ASP.
> >>
> >> I have tried creating a batch file and calling that from ASP[/color][/color][/color]
using[color=blue][color=green]
> >the[color=darkred]
> >> code at http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2059 but that didn't[/color][/color][/color]
seem[color=blue][color=green]
> >to[color=darkred]
> >> work. I did give permissions to CMD and Command but it's still[/color][/color][/color]
not[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> working. Is that because "copy" is part of Command? I also[/color][/color][/color]
tried[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> DynuExec but that didn't do the trick either.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to copy a file to LPT1 from within an ASP[/color][/color][/color]
script[color=blue][color=green]
> >at[color=darkred]
> >> all? How about JavaScript? I'm ok with any kind of creative
> >> solutions...it doesn't have to be elegant since this will only[/color][/color][/color]
be[color=blue][color=green]
> >used[color=darkred]
> >> as an internal application.[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>[/color]