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printingactivex

Activex control for web print

I would like to find an Internet Explorer ActiveX control that will allow me to print a web page or part of web page to a specific printer without a dialog box.

Is there any activex plugin to achieve this?

Solution

  • I used ScriptX. The free version lets you set some basic parameters, see the example below.

    Example:

    <!-- MeadCo ScriptX -->
<object id=factory style="display:none"
  classid="clsid:1663ed61-23eb-11d2-b92f-008048fdd814"
  codebase="http://[your path here]/smsx.cab#Version=7.0.0.8 ">
</object>


<script>
  function printWindow() {
    factory.printing.header = "This is MeadCo";
    factory.printing.footer = "Printing by ScriptX";
    factory.printing.portrait = false;
    factory.printing.leftMargin = 1.0;
    factory.printing.topMargin = 1.0;
    factory.printing.rightMargin = 1.0;
    factory.printing.bottomMargin = 1.0;
    factory.printing.Print(false);
  }
</script>