printing in .asp

OhioSteve · Jul 20, 2004

I am using classic asp on my intranet web site. The users view this site with IE. I want to load a page for a brief instant, then I want to send that page to the printer, and finally I want to redirect the user to another page. I know about using "response.redirect..." to redirect them after the first page loads and prints.

How do I automatically send the print job? I know how to create a print button, but in this case I don't want a button- I just want it to print automatically.

shatch · Jul 20, 2004

use:

<body onload="javascript:window.print()">

OhioSteve · Jul 20, 2004

Thanks for your feedback. I tried inserting your code, and it summoned a print dialogue box. Unfortunately, I need instantaneous printing, not a dialogue box.

Perhaps I could combine your code with sendkeys. I don't know the exact syntax for that, but I will experiment.

TwoOdd · Jul 27, 2004

Check this thread thread215-882172 for an answer, it may not be the only answer, but it works in IE.

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jeepxo · Oct 14, 2004

What I do is I have a <div id='printReady'> tag to wrap the total area on the page that I want to be printed when you click on the print button I put on the page.

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
var gAutoPrint = true; // Flag for whether or not to automatically call the print function

function printSpecial()
{
	if (document.getElementById != null)
	{
		var html = '<HTML>\n<HEAD>\n';

		if (document.getElementsByTagName != null)
		{
			var headTags = document.getElementsByTagName("head");
			if (headTags.length > 0)
				html += headTags[0].innerHTML;
		}
		
		html += '\n</HE' + 'AD>\n<BODY>\n';
		
		var printReadyElem = document.getElementById("printReady");
		
		if (printReadyElem != null)
		{
				html += printReadyElem.innerHTML;
		}
		else
		{
			alert("Could not find the printReady section in the HTML");
			return;
		}
			
		html += '\n</BO' + 'DY>\n</HT' + 'ML>';
		
		var printWin = window.open("","printSpecial");
		printWin.document.open();
		printWin.document.write(html);
		printWin.document.close();
		if (gAutoPrint)
			printWin.print();
			printWin.close();
	}
	else
	{
		alert("Sorry, the print ready feature is only available in modern browsers.");
	}
}

</script>

What this does is opens another window briefly with what I want printed, then it opens the printer dialogue for you to choose which printer, how many pages etc. Once you print, the new window closes.

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