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find a way to print from ASP.net/vb w/out installing the printer

Posted 02 August 2012 - 03:31 AM

So my in-depth probelm is this, i have a website who's invoices need to be automaticallyially the website was to email an account and the printer would then print the emails however this function does not seem to want to work on the printer. my problem from trying to print directly from the website, other than the fact that MS blocks ASP.net from using the default print DLLs is that the website is hosted on a shared server, and so i cannot simply add a printer like i would norally do and work around the asp.net print problem (which i have already done) its just this time i need to connect directly with the printer, btw the printer is an EPSON C1750N with full network connectivity.

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Re: find a way to print from ASP.net/vb w/out installing the printer

Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:02 AM

Why not have a desktop app that polls the website database for invoices, pulls the data, and prints it?
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Re: find a way to print from ASP.net/vb w/out installing the printer

Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:30 AM

View Postmodi123_1, on 02 August 2012 - 08:02 AM, said:

Why not have a desktop app that polls the website database for invoices, pulls the data, and prints it?

that's the problem though the server is setup so that i can only access my hosting space, and not the actual O/S, therefore anything i can do has to be within the actual website code, or something like a DLL
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Re: find a way to print from ASP.net/vb w/out installing the printer

Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:41 AM

YEah.. that's where web services come in.
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