Printing

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Jon Vaughan

Hi all,

I have just been handed a project, and found that it needs to be able to
print out from the handheld to a printer via wifi. This raises two problems
:

1.) The way I would have normally do it using the system.drawing.printing
class doesnt exist.

2.) The software I have to setup printing via wifi is a PC install CD ( but
this is a whole other issue )

What i'm asking is has anyone seen any good article about printing from a
handheld device ? If they have can you give me a link.

Thanks
 
Hi Jon!!!!

Maybe if you want to put a little spice in your project you might want
to add a web page (or web service) in a print server, and from your PDA you
can call this web page to print your report. I know it sounds complex, but
you would avoid wi-fi noise that may corrupt your report.

You may trigger this process by either:
* Launching pocket IE to show a page that will show a summary to print with
an "OK" button to proceed (don't forget to call
http://123.45.67.89/MyPage.Asp?Param1=Value1&Param2=Value2&Param3=Value3) -
Mild programming effort.
* Using a socket to send a "GET" message through an HTTP socket - High
programming effort.

I hope it helps!!!

Tarh ik
PS: This posting has been posted "AS IS"
 
Jon,

You can check our PrinterCE.NetCF SDK, which provides printer support
for VB.Net and C# apps... supports a variety of printers (see link
below) printing via wifi, Bluetooth, infrared, serial, etc:

Overview:
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrinterCE_NetCF.htm

Free 60-day fully functional evaluation download:
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrinterCE_NetCF_download.htm

Example code:
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrinterCE_NetCF_CodeSamples.htm

Supported printers:
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrintersSupported.htm

Wifi/network printing info:
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/NetworkOptions.htm


If you have any questions, send to:
(e-mail address removed)


Tim
 
Hi Tim,

Im guessing that you work for field software :)

My printer isnt there , but I guess that doesn't automatically rule out into
not being support, it's a star tsp643 ( basically a thermal usb printer ).
It hooks upto wifi via a belkin printer server, isn there anyway I can work
out if its supported ? Wait I will answer my own question and download the
trial software and test it out...

j
 
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