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The question may seem obvious, however, I didn't find the answer. I'm just trying to send an html local page (not the source) from Python to the printer.

The code:

NomFichier = 'test.html'
Fichier = open(NomFichier,'w')      
Fichier.write(doc.getvalue())
time.sleep(1)

printer = os.popen('lpr','w')
printer.write(Fichier)
printer.close()
Fichier.close()

The error message I get:

TypeError: expected a character buffer object lpr : No file in the printer request.

Any idea what am I doing wrong? Thanks

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    You want to print "not the source", i.e. you want to render it? Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25
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    Yes, render the html source as sort to print it as a webpage Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 8:57
  • That will be quite a lot of work. Have a look at this for rendering in the first place, but no idea how to print that... Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 10:07
  • I guess I'll have to manage this with the shell script then... Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 10:20
  • That won't get you around the problem of having to render HTML to print it. Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 10:21
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