Printing with proper format from console

[theguru97321]

I want to print an HTML file to my networked printer, but it doesn't format it. it just prints as plain text.. how do i get around this?

 

[franklin97355]

Print from your web browser.

 

[theguru97321]

I need to print from the console, because i'm printing via a scripted cron job.

 

[ericbrunson]

Then you need a console app that knows how to download a page and all its links, then render the page then send it to a printer. I don't think you're going to find one. If you don't need graphics, then you could use lynx or links, but if you do need graphics, then I think you're SOL.

 

[theguru97321]

no graphics needed, just colored text and formatting

 

[ericbrunson]

Then lynx won't do it for you, either.

 

[theguru97321]

Bump.

Anyone know anymore about this? I'm really in a jam.

 

[stefanwagner]

how do you print it?
via

cat filename.html > lp0

or by

lpr filename.html

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[theguru97321]

I've been using

lp filename.html

I've only got 1 printer installed, it's a HP ColorLaserJet 4500n

 

[stevexff]

In a bout of lateral thinking, I googled 'HTML Postscript converters' and found html2ps, a perl script that converts HTML to PostScript. If you have ghostscript you should be able to print it correctly. You'd probably need to wrap it up in a script for your cron job, but you might be able to get it working.

The URL is

http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2psug.html

at Uppsala - the author Jan Kärrman has written comprehensive documentation too, including tips on how to get the HTML from the web in the first place.

HTH