How to sent htnl from server to Ip printer?

[Vadim]

Hi,
I need to print some labels from PocketPC. Window CE does not have printing capabilities, so I want generate html on my tomcat server and then somehow to sent it to network printer directly.
Is it possible?

 

[sedj]

Yes !
Take a look at the javax.printing package - there are some tutorials on the java.sun.com site.

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[Vadim]

I already did, but I understand that I should to create
some printable object, like applete and send to printer.
My question, if it is possible to change output content type of JSP to "application/postscript" or "application/pcl" and send it to printer by it IP address.

 

[sedj]

Yes, but you need to use the javax.printing package ... and it would only execute on the server. If you need to print from the client you need either some VB/VBScript/Javascript or something, or indeed an applet ...

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[jwenting]

You can't send data from the webserver to a printer on the clientside...

I wonder why it's so hard for some people to get rid of the idea that they can control the client computer (or in this case network) directly from a webserver...