Print a webpage (html file) from Python

Asked Jun 05 '15 at 08:19

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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

edited Jun 05 '15 at 08:58

asked Jun 05 '15 at 08:19

Badiou30120

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You want to print "not the source", i.e. you want to render it? – wonderb0lt Jun 05 '15 at 08:25
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Yes, render the html source as sort to print it as a webpage – Badiou30120 Jun 05 '15 at 08:57
That will be quite a lot of work. Have a look at [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1587637/light-weight-renderer-html-with-css-in-python) for rendering in the first place, but no idea how to print that... – wonderb0lt Jun 05 '15 at 10:07
I guess I'll have to manage this with the shell script then... – Badiou30120 Jun 05 '15 at 10:20
That won't get you around the problem of having to render HTML to print it. – wonderb0lt Jun 05 '15 at 10:21

Print a webpage (html file) from Python

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