printer

alexgeek · #1 Oct 2nd, 2007, 00:49

Has anyone been able to succesfully get the printer functions to work?
I can't

c010depunkk · #2 Oct 2nd, 2007, 06:17

From php.net:

Quote:

These functions are only available under Windows 9.x, ME, NT4 and 2000. They have been added in PHP 4.0.4.
Installation

This » PECL extension is not bundled with PHP.
Windows users must enable php_printer.dll inside of php.ini in order to use these functions. Unbundled PECL extensions may be downloaded from: » http://pecl4win.php.net/
Runtime Configuration

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

have you installed the package and adjusted the settings?

alexgeek · #3 Oct 2nd, 2007, 06:31

I think so.
I've added the dll to the extension list and it's in the folder

c010depunkk · #4 Oct 2nd, 2007, 06:43

PECL extensions? php.ini settings? Are you running Windows 9.x, ME, NT4 or 2000?

alexgeek · #5 Oct 2nd, 2007, 06:48

I have the extension DLL in my extension folder,
I have added extension=php_printer.dll to php.ini,
and I'm on windows server 2003 using a network printer.
I probably should of mentioned this before, i get this error:

Quote:

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 262144) (tried to allocate 4294967295 bytes) in C:\Web\Blog\admin\uploads\printtest.php on line 3

And I had one before saying

Quote:

couldn't allocate the printerjob

c010depunkk · #6 Oct 2nd, 2007, 07:59

code?

alexgeek · #7 Oct 2nd, 2007, 08:04

I can't remember,
i'm at school now, but it was like the one on the php manual.
or could you recommend a code that would probably work?

c010depunkk · #8 Oct 2nd, 2007, 08:11

hmmm. no, sry.

Couldn't find anything useful on google either.

alexgeek · #9 Oct 2nd, 2007, 15:13

here it is:

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<?php
$handle = printer_open("\\\\Experience\\hp"); 
if (printer_write($handle, "Text to print") == false) {
echo "Didn't work";
} else {
printer_close($handle);
echo "closed";
}
?>

c010depunkk · #10 Oct 2nd, 2007, 15:37

I've been trying this at home for about half-an-hour now and I just can't get it to work! I'll get back to you if I have any success....

alexgeek · #11 Oct 2nd, 2007, 16:01

thanks! I just think if this can work it will be really useful

alexgeek · #12 Oct 10th, 2007, 14:48

Any news on this?

c010depunkk · #13 Oct 10th, 2007, 15:29

nope, sorry. Haven't had any luck.

simonb · #14 Oct 10th, 2007, 16:17

What does printer do?

alexgeek · #15 Oct 10th, 2007, 16:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by simonb

What does printer do?

Print things

It's an ext extension that is supposed to print copies of pages on the server.
I haven't been able to get it working.

simonb · #16 Oct 10th, 2007, 16:40

Ok thanks Rep for you. I am only on 27 yeah

Ps how is the uploader going

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