printfactory 0.1.0a0

Print PDF files to a local installed printer

printfactory

printfactory is a package, primarily for printing PDF files to a physical printer.

Table of Contents

• Why?
• Changelog

Why?

The motivation for this project was to have a simple Python interface for printing PDF files to a physical printer. Only public available and free software should be used on the client or server using this package.

printfactory package

printfactory
    .list_printers()        # list/get available printers in system

    Printer()               # Generic Printer class for printing a file with a PrintTool
        .send()             # send a file to a printer using a PrintTool

    AcroPrinter(Printer)    # Subclass of Printer() for Adobe Acrobat
    AcroRdPrinter(Printer)  # Subclass of AcroPrinter() for Adobe Reader
   [FoxitPrinter(Printer)]  # Subclass of Printer() for Foxit Reader
   [LPRPrinter(Printer)]    # Subclass of Printer() for LPR printing on Linux like systems

    PrintTools()            # List/Enum of implemented tools for printing a file
        .find()             # Find a PrintTool in system

    PrintTool()             # List/Enum of implemented tools for printing a file
        Adobe Acrobat
        Adobe Reader
        Foxit Reader
        LPR


printer = printfactory.Printer('PrinterName')   # return Printer class
printer.tool => AdobeReader                     # autodetect path
printed = printer.send('PathToPDFDocument')     # return True or False

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in the CHANGELOG.md.