Printing question

[Mika M]

Hi!

I have barcode printer attached to the printing server's COM1-port, and this
printer is shared in path like \\MyServer\Intermec

I have text-file containing barcode script in file barcode.txt, and I can
print it using DOS-window from XP like ...

copy barcode.txt \\MyServer\Intermec ... and it's working fine.

I have also made earlier PHP-script for printing same script to the same
shared barcode printer. It contains only few lines of code like this way ...

function print_labels($script)
{
$handle = printer_open("\\\\MyServer\\Intermec");
printer_write($handle, $script);
printer_close($handle);
}

Finally my question: How to print this barcode script string directly to
this same shared barcode printer path using VB.NET, and just pressing
"Print"-button without PrintDialogs (because I planned to put printer path
into the app.config-file) ?

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Thanks in advance for any reply!

Mika

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Mika M" <mika.mahonen@nospam_kolumbus.fi> scripsit:

I have barcode printer attached to the printing server's COM1-port, and this
printer is shared in path like \\MyServer\Intermec
[...]
Finally my question: How to print this barcode script string directly to
this same shared barcode printer path using VB.NET, and just pressing
"Print"-button without PrintDialogs (because I planned to put printer path
into the app.config-file) ?

HOW TO: Send Raw Data to a Printer by Using Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;322090>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Mika M]

Thanks Herfried!

Yes I got it and noticed your answer already yesterday, but was little
astonished how long strange looking Class code is needed for such a simple
task as sending a string to the printer with .NET after using PHP - oh
boys!!! How "awerage programmers" can "guess" such a code >:)
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Mika M" <mika.mahonen@nospam_kolumbus.fi> scripsit:

I have barcode printer attached to the printing server's COM1-port, and
this
printer is shared in path like \\MyServer\Intermec
[...]
Finally my question: How to print this barcode script string directly to
this same shared barcode printer path using VB.NET, and just pressing
"Print"-button without PrintDialogs (because I planned to put printer
path
into the app.config-file) ?

HOW TO: Send Raw Data to a Printer by Using Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;322090>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>