Bulk / Mass Printing using PHP

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I need to print multiple reports at once that is in bulk directly to printer using php.

If any one know best way of doing it kindly let me know.

Thanks.

Posted 29-Nov-13 20:54pm

Zeeshan17

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Marc Gabrie 30-Nov-13 10:47am

What kind of report i.e. are they PDF files? and you want to print that to the client printer?

Zeeshan17 30-Nov-13 10:50am

Right now they are just html reports.Actually they are certificates that i want to print in bulk.

Like Selecting required from the list & those should get printed.

I hope you have got it.

Marc Gabrie 1-Dec-13 8:49am

have you tried using javascript window.print() approach?

Zeeshan17 2-Dec-13 10:37am

Printing is not the issue.What i need is suppose if you loop through window.print() then you need to keep clicking on print dialog which i don't need.

Instead i want the print should be directly to printer without any print dialog or like that.

Kindly let me know if you have any doubts.

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Marc Gabrie · Answer 1 · 2013-12-02T06:05:00

Solution 1

HTML format is not suitable for your scenario so if I were you, then I'd do the following:

1. Try to convert the html reports to PDF somehow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/391005/convert-html-css-to-pdf-with-php[^])

2. Then to print the PDF file to client printer, try to embed javascript in the PDF file itself (http://fpdf.de/downloads/addons/36/[^]) which is supported by Adobe Reader to directly print it. If you cannot get it working, then you could try this http://goo.gl/dVVfH3[^]

Posted 2-Dec-13 6:05am

Marc Gabrie

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Zeeshan17 3-Dec-13 2:31am

Thanks for the answer the Marc.

Actually that was in my mind but as you generate a PDF it asks you if you need to download it & that i don't want.

I just need is printing the content may be it html or pdf but it should work smoothly without any print dialog.

Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Marc Gabrie 3-Dec-13 6:53am

The only way to get it printed without any dialog is by using this tool but it's a commercial product. I couldn't find any open source that can be used in this scenario.

Zeeshan17 3-Dec-13 9:39am

Thank You..I will check it.