Direct printing using non-default printer (IE only)

[gerb]

Hello,

I realise this is not a pure Javascript question, and that VBscript is
probably involved at some point, though not as much as I fear. If you
opened this item looking for a pute Javascript question, I'm sorry.

For an IE6 intranet application I'm running into some problems
regarding printing screens from the browser. The specs dictate these
requirements:

1. Print dialog should not be shown (depending on type of screen).
2. Default Internet Explorer 6 headers and footers to be turned off or
content changed.
3. Direct printing to both default printer and non-default printer
(latter to be identified by name).

The site can be placed in the 'trusted sites' zone. I do have some
influence over the client PC as well, as it's all running within an
internal enviroment.

Using the WebControl ActiveX, I've achieved the first requirement, but
I can't seem to be able to control the variables for items 2 and 3.
Apart from Javascript, I used to work with Java a lot, but I'm not
much of a VB(S)/WSH programmer. So preferably I'd use javascript, at
least as a wrapper for the ActiveX methods.

Any tips?

Regards,
Gerb

 

[McKirahan]

"gerb"

Hello,

I realise this is not a pure Javascript question, and that VBscript is
probably involved at some point, though not as much as I fear. If you
opened this item looking for a pute Javascript question, I'm sorry.

For an IE6 intranet application I'm running into some problems
regarding printing screens from the browser. The specs dictate these
requirements:

1. Print dialog should not be shown (depending on type of screen).
2. Default Internet Explorer 6 headers and footers to be turned off or
content changed.
3. Direct printing to both default printer and non-default printer
(latter to be identified by name).

The site can be placed in the 'trusted sites' zone. I do have some
influence over the client PC as well, as it's all running within an
internal enviroment.

Using the WebControl ActiveX, I've achieved the first requirement, but
I can't seem to be able to control the variables for items 2 and 3.
Apart from Javascript, I used to work with Java a lot, but I'm not
much of a VB(S)/WSH programmer. So preferably I'd use javascript, at
least as a wrapper for the ActiveX methods.

Any tips?

Regards,
Gerb

Can you use a third-party control?

http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx/

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Other (similar) option is www.htmlprinting.com