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Print webpage from UNIX server

Dummy_Guy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:35:57 GMT

All,
Does anyone know how to print webpage from HP UNIX SERVER?

I heard that we need to change the html file into postscript format, but how?

Re: Print webpage from UNIX server

Steven Schweda — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:52:08 GMT

> I heard that we need to change the html
> file into postscript format, but how?

I'd expect a Web browser (Mozilla or Firefox,
say) to do that. Were you expecting to use
one, or were you looking for some alternative
scheme?

The answer may depend on exactly what you
mean by "webpage". (You may know what you
mean, but it's not entirely clear to me.) It
could also depend on what your printer can
do.

Generally, you need to transform something
you want printed into a form which the
printer understands. This is often
PostScript, but could be PCL, or some other
page description language.

Everything is complicated.

Re: Print webpage from UNIX server

Dummy_Guy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:01:33 GMT

Hi,
the webpage is a html file, see attached.

So I need to install mozilla or firefox?

Re: Print webpage from UNIX server

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:13:44 GMT

Hi:

So what's wrong with installing (if its not already installed) 'firefox'? Then you can fetch, display and print the rendered HTML.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Print webpage from UNIX server

Dummy_Guy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:18:21 GMT

Ok... I will try to install firefox or mozilla and see how it goes.

Cheers,

Re: Print webpage from UNIX server

Steven Schweda — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:18:49 GMT

Yup, that's HTML.

> So I need to install mozilla or firefox?

A Web browser is a program which renders
HTML, so that would seem to be the
appropriate tool for this job. With any
luck, you might even find some command-line
options which would you get the stuff to a
printer non-interactively.