Output to printer

[joerocket]

Hey Gang,

Is there a VBScript command to send output to a printer?

I've searched hi and low in my Win2000 Scripting Guide, but not found anything.

Thanks,

Jacob

 

[joerocket]

Okay, I guess the short answer is: There is no provision for printing directly in VBScript. (Someone correct me if I'm mistaken)

But I did find a third party tool, plus some decent references on printing from scripts at

http://home.att.net/~wshvbs/wshPrinterObjectPage.htm.

Later,

Jacob

 

[lewijo]

Depends I guess on what you want to print and to where.

I wrote a script that prints mailing labels by writing to a local LPT port using the FileSystemObject. Relative excerpts follow:

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot
Set objPrinter = FSO.CreateTextFile("LPT1:", True)
...
objPrinter.WriteBlankLines 1
objPrinter.WriteLine(MAILCODE)
objPrinter.WriteLine(ADDRESSEE)
objPrinter.WriteLine(ADDRESS_LINE1)
objPrinter.WriteLine(CITYSTZIP)
objPrinter.WriteBlankLines 4
objPrinter.Close

Note that this prints UNFORMATTED text to the printer. It's like doing a copy of a text file to the printer. I.E.: "copy mytextfile.txt LPT1"

Other methods I've seen use HTML and COM objects to control IE to print, but I do not have any practical experience doing it.