I have a PDF document and I want to print it with my python app.
I have tried the solution in here (Print PDF document with python's win32print module?) but when I install Ghostscript 9.15 that is the actual version, it has no gsprint.exe
The way I am using that works is with the command os.startfile('PDFfile.pdf', "print") but it opens default viewer (mine is Adobe Reader) and after printing it stills open, trying to kill the process with os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM AcroRD32.exe") kills other opened windows and I dont want it.
With the next command, it also prints, but it let the Adobe Reader opened too
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", 'PDFfile.pdf', '/d:"%s"' % currentprinter, ".", 0)
I have seen this answer too but they recommend using gsprint.exe again
Anybody has the gsprint.exe file or any other solution?.
NOTE: When I used another default program to open PDF files like Chrome or Windows Reader, I always get an Exception in the execution of the commands above '(31, 'ShellExecute', 'A device attached to the system is not functioning.')' or [Error 1155] No application is associated with the specified file for this operation: 'PDFfile.pdf' with the startfile command
Finally after hours and hours of searching for the right files, i have found the answer to my problem.
You can download the GSPRINT in HERE
You can download the Ghostscript GPL in HERE
With this extracted files in your PC (Windows) you can print your PDF with this command
GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GHOSTSCRIPT\\bin\\gswin32.exe"
GSPRINT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GSPRINT\\gsprint.exe"
# YOU CAN PUT HERE THE NAME OF YOUR SPECIFIC PRINTER INSTEAD OF DEFAULT
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, '-ghostscript "'+GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH+'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" "PDFFile.pdf"', '.', 0)
The GhostScript can also be found in the Official page HERE
I found the gsprint.exe for 64bits HERE
I hope this helps.
I know this is an old question, but in case someone is looking for it here is how I fixed it.
I am using python 3.8 and gs9.52 on windows 10 64-bit and python3-ghostscript library which you can install using pip install python3-ghostscript I am also using pypiwin32 to get the default printer name, you can install it with pip pip install pypiwin32
This is the working script
import tempfile
import win32print
import locale
import ghostscript
import render_to_pdf
pdf = render_to_pdf('print/slip.html', context)
temp1 = tempfile.mktemp('.pdf')
f1 = open(temp1, 'ab')
f1.write(pdf)
f1.close()
args = [
"-dPrinted", "-dBATCH", "-dNOSAFER", "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOPROMPT"
"-q",
"-dNumCopies#1",
"-sDEVICE#mswinpr2",
f'-sOutputFile#"%printer%{win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()}"',
f'"{temp1}"'
]
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
args = [a.encode(encoding) for a in args]
ghostscript.Ghostscript(*args)
Few things to note here I am using '#' instead of '=' because for some reason it was not working with '='.
If this is not working for you try changing -sDEVICE switch to your printer type for example when I was using HP LaserJet it was giving me prompt so I changed my -sDEVICE to laserjet and it worked, you can get the list of device by running gs -h in terminal
Here's a way to silently print a pdf in the same directory as your python script without gsprint and without win32api. It allows for more GhostScript customization like choosing width/height, etc.
import os
import subprocess
import sys
if sys.platform == 'win32':
args = '"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\gs\\\\gs9.23\\\\bin\\\\gswin64c" ' \
'-sDEVICE=mswinpr2 ' \
'-dBATCH ' \
'-dNOPAUSE ' \
'-dFitPage ' \
'-sOutputFile="%printer%myPrinterName" '
ghostscript = args + os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'myFile.pdf').replace('\\', '\\\\')
subprocess.call(ghostscript, shell=True)
If you're using the 32 bit version of GhostScript then you would use gswin32c
If you want to print specific pages and some other parameters, you should specify them in the parameters of gsprint as follows:
import win32print
import win32api
GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GHOSTSCRIPT\\bin\\gswin32.exe"
GSPRINT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GSPRINT\\gsprint.exe"
params = '-ghostscript "'+ GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH +'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" -from 1 -to 3 -landscape -copies 1 "1.pdf "'
print(params)
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, params, '.',0)
The following code will block the current task
for i in range(10):
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", 'PDFfile.pdf', '/d:"%s"' % currentprinter, ".", 0)
and killing the reader after printing help won't block the current task
os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM AcroRD32.exe")
but it will close other pdf files too.
If you can't use gsprint, use the acrobat command
import win32print
import subprocess
import time
pdf_file = 'D:\d1\d1.pdf'
acrobat = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe'
name = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
cmd = '"{}" /n /o /t "{}" "{}"'.format(acrobat, pdf_file, name)
for i in range(10)):
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
It won't block the current task and close the other pdf files.
Based on previous answers and other posts, i develop the following script to print .pdf and .ps from a Laravel website.
I used python 3.9 and Ghostscript 9.54 (for 64bits). pywin32 and python3-ghostscript libs are requiered too.
import os
import sys
import win32print
import win32api
import ghostscript
import locale
USELESS_PRINTER = ['OneNote for Windows 10', 'OneNote (Desktop)', 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer',
'Microsoft Print to PDF', 'Fax']
HELP = """pyPrinter - Author: Arthur SICARD - Date: 19/05/2021
\n-help
\tDisplay this message.
\n-list [-virtual]
\tReturn list of available printer (excepted: """ + ", ".join(USELESS_PRINTER) + """)
\n-file filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
\tPrint specified file on default system printer. Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
\n-batch filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
\tPrint each document specified un batch file on default system printer. Batch file must be a .txt. Each file to print must be write on its own line.
\tUse -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
\n-virtual
\tUse this option after all other arguments to enable printing on virtual printer 'Microsoft Print to PDF'
"""
# Safe accessor to argv. Return None if index is not set
def getArgv(index):
try:
return (sys.argv[1:])[index]
except:
return None
# Return list of local printer available without "virtual printer" define in USELESS_PRINTER list.
def getAvailablePrinters():
printers = win32print.EnumPrinters(win32print.PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL)
printer_list = []
for x in range(len(printers)):
if printers[x][2] not in USELESS_PRINTER:
printer_list.append(printers[x][2])
return printer_list
# Return printer name to use. If -printer is set it will return this value only if value match with available
# printers list. Return a error if -printer not in list. If no printer specified, retrieve default printer and return
# its name. Sometime default printer is on USELESS_PRINTER list so first printer return by getAvailablePrinters() is
# return. If no printer is return display an error.
def getPrinter():
default_printer = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
if default_printer in USELESS_PRINTER:
if len(getAvailablePrinters()) == 0:
print("No printer available, unable to print. Use -virtual if you want enable virtual printer.")
sys.exit(1801)
default_printer = getAvailablePrinters()[0]
if getArgv(2) is not None:
if getArgv(2) == "-printer":
printer = getArgv(3)
if printer in getAvailablePrinters():
return printer
else:
if printer is not None:
print("Given printer not found. Defaut printer configured: ", default_printer)
return default_printer
# Use GhostScript API to silent print .pdf and .ps. Use win32api to print .txt. Return a error if printing failed or
# file ext doesn't match.
def printFile(filepath):
try:
if os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".pdf", ".ps"]:
args = [
"-dPrinted", "-dBATCH", "-dNOSAFER", "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOPROMPT"
"-q",
"-dNumCopies#1",
"-sDEVICE#mswinpr2",
f'-sOutputFile#"%printer%{getPrinter()}"',
f'"{filepath}"'
]
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
args = [a.encode(encoding) for a in args]
ghostscript.Ghostscript(*args)
elif os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".txt"]:
# '"%s"' % enable to encapsulate string with quote
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "printto", '"%s"' % filepath, '"%s"' % getPrinter(), ".", 0)
return True
except:
print("Printing error for file: ", '"%s"' % filepath, "| Printer: ", '"%s"' % getPrinter())
return False
def main(argv):
if len(argv) in [1, 2, 4, 5]:
cmd1 = getArgv(0)
filepath = getArgv(1)
if argv[-1] == "-virtual":
USELESS_PRINTER.remove('Microsoft Print to PDF')
# Batch printing mode
if cmd1 == "-batch" and len(argv) in [2, 4, 5]:
if not os.path.isfile(filepath) and not os.path.exists(filepath):
print("Path provide for batch file is not a valid file path or doesn't exist.")
sys.exit(2)
if os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".txt"]:
with open(filepath) as fp:
line = fp.readline().strip('\n')
while line:
if not os.path.isfile(line) and not os.path.exists(line):
print("Path provide is not a valid file path or doesn't exist: ", line)
else:
printFile(line)
line = fp.readline().strip('\n')
fp.close()
else:
print("Not supported file format for batch printing.")
sys.exit(50)
# Single file printing mode
elif cmd1 == "-file" and len(argv) in [2, 4, 5]:
if not os.path.isfile(filepath) and not os.path.exists(filepath):
print("Path provide is not a file path.")
sys.exit(2)
if not printFile(filepath):
sys.exit(1)
# Get printers list
elif cmd1 == "-list" and len(argv) in [1, 2]:
for printer in getAvailablePrinters():
print(printer)
# Display help
elif cmd1 == "-help" and len(argv) in [1]:
print(HELP)
sys.exit(0)
else:
print("Unknow option. Use -help to obtain more informations about supported options.")
sys.exit(50)
else:
print("Wrong arguments number. Use -help to obtain more informations about supported options.")
sys.exit(50)
exit(0)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(sys.argv[1:])
Following command explain how to use it:
python main.py -help
pyPrinter - Author: Arthur - Date: 19/05/2021
-help
Display this message.
-list [-virtual]
Return list of available printer (excepted: OneNote for Windows 10, OneNote (Desktop), Microsoft XPS Document Writer, Microsoft Print to PDF, Fax)
-file filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
Print specified file on default system printer. Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
-batch filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
Print each document specified un batch file on default system printer. Batch file must be a .txt. Each file to print must be write on its own line.
Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
-virtual
Use this option after all other arguments to enable printing on virtual printer 'Microsoft Print to PDF'
To print one file to printer HP1FF6CC (HP OfficeJet Pro 6970)
python main.py -file "D:\my\system\path\to\file\pattern.ps" -printer "HP1FF6CC (HP OfficeJet Pro 6970)"
To print one file to virtual printer Microsoft Print to PDF (generally for text purpose, paper is quickly expensive)
python main.py -file "D:\my\system\path\to\file\pattern.ps" -printer "Microsoft Print to PDF" -virtual
There is another method to send the file to printer without adobe reader also, by SumatraPDF
install SumatraPDF application and add the SumatraPDF.exe location to the path
# import subprocess and os
import subprocess
import os
# file path
file_name = "Document.pdf"
if file_name:
print("exist")
# send data to the printer
try:
subprocess.call(['SumatraPDF.exe', '-print-to', "Barcode",
'-print-settings', "1x", file_name])
except BaseException as msg:
print(msg)
there is no need to have any adobe reader, and for every time it wont open the adobe reader to read data,
but issue is that should try on page orientation and page size,
but if those are same always for pdf seems we can change in the printer properties directly,
only to add exe path to the file path in system
thats it
So this isn't exactly silently, but it will automatically dismiss the dialog box and print anyway, also has a weird dependency on selenium that you wouldn't expect per se, but this actually worked for me since I was in a world where I wasn't allowed to download ghostscript nor could I download adobe's pdf reader. I thought it might help someone else out there, somewhere, some place, some time...
from selenium import webdriver
import win32com.client
import win32print
import time
def printpdf(pdf,printer):
current_printer = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32print.SetDefaultPrinter(printer)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(pdf)
time.sleep(1) #Adjust as necessary
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
shell.SendKeys('^p')
time.sleep(1) #Adjust as necessary
shell.SendKeys('{ENTER}') #dismiss the print dialog box
driver.close()
win32print.SetDefaultPrinter(current_printer)
If you have Adobe try this:
import win32api
import winreg
import subprocess
import time
def get_adobe_executable():
with winreg.ConnectRegistry(None, winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) as conn:
with winreg.OpenKey(conn, r'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\AcroRd32.exe', 0, winreg.KEY_READ) as hkey:
value = winreg.QueryValue(hkey, None)
if value:
value = '"{}"'.format(value)
return value.strip()
return None
def print_pdf_file(file, printer_name=None, secs=5):
cmd = get_adobe_executable()
if cmd is None:
return False
if printer_name:
cmd = '{} /h /t "{}" "{}"'.format(cmd, file, printer_name)
else:
cmd = '{} /p /h "{}"'.format(cmd, file)
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
time.sleep(secs)
proc.kill()
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
print_pdf_file("doc.pdf") # print with default printer
print_pdf_file("doc.pdf", "HP LaserJet Pro M102") # setting the printer name
get_adobe_executable
Get the Adobe from the registry(you can also get the print command like the one that you right click the pdf file and select Print from the menu but I wanted to just get the path then configure it according to the printer configuration)
print_pdf_file
If you don't set the printer_name variable, Adobe will print with the default printer
After executing the print command it will wait 5 seconds and then close Adobe program, Adobe it does not have command line option (as today of writing) to exit after printing the file, here you can see the command line options
Hi have python program in which a start method is defined, in start method i am calling a win32serviceutil.StartService(service) method to start a service, like
import os, platform, subprocess
try:
import win32serviceutil
except:
os.system("pip install pywin32")
os.system("pip install pypiwin32")
import win32serviceutil
OS = platform.system() #will get you the platform/OS
print("You are using ", OS)
if __name__=='__main__':
service = 'WSearch'
def startByCLI():
cmd = 'net start '+service
os.system(cmd)
def startByPython():
# subprocess.check_output(["sc", "start", service], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
win32serviceutil.StartService(service)
if OS=='Windows':
try:
output = startByPython()
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
print(e.output)
print(e.returncode)
#os.system('python test2.py')
subprocess.call("python ./install.py asadmin", shell=True)
startByCLI()
so what i actually want is i want to run the start method from command promt like this
python ./myfile.py startByPython
and it will trigger the startByPython method in myfile.py
many thanks in advance
Hey all thanks for your attention,
i wanted to run my file.py file with argument from command line like:
$ /usr/bin/python myfile.py start
i got the solution which is
def main():
# read arguments from the command line and
# check whether at least two elements were entered
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print "Usage: python aws.py {start|stop}\n"
sys.exit(0)
else:
action = sys.argv[1]
if action == "start":
startInstance()
elif action == "stop":
stopInstance()
else:
print "Usage: python aws.py {start|stop}\n"
I'm trying to run terminal commands from a web python script.
I tried many things but none seens to work... Such as: add 'www-data' to sudoers, use full path to bin, run command with sudo word, use 3 different system calls (os.spawnl and subprocess) and none of that works.
Read only commands like "ps aux" that only output information works, but a simple echo to file don't. It seens like need permitions to do so. What more can i try?
Example from output: Unexpected error: (, CalledProcessError(2, '/bin/echo hello > /var/www/html/cgi-bin/test2.htm'), )
On that example the /var/www/html/cgi-bin/ folder is owned by "www-data", same user as server config.
<!-- language: python -->
#!/usr/bin/python3
# coding=utf-8
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import cgi
import subprocess
SCRIPT_PATH = "/var/www/html/scripts/aqi3.py"
DATA_FILE = "/var/www/html/assets/aqi.json"
KILL_PROCESS = "ps aux | grep " + SCRIPT_PATH + " | grep -v \"grep\" | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9"
START_PROCESS = "/usr/bin/python3 " + SCRIPT_PATH + " start > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
STOP_PROCESS = "/usr/bin/python3 " + SCRIPT_PATH + " stop > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
# Don't edit
def killProcess():
os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, KILL_PROCESS)
try:
os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "/bin/echo hello > /var/www/html/cgi-bin/test2.htm")
proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', 'echo', 'hello > /var/www/html/cgi-bin/test3.htm'])
print(subprocess.check_output("/bin/echo hello > /var/www/html/cgi-bin/test2.htm", shell=True, timeout = 10))
except:
print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info())
print(KILL_PROCESS)
def stopSensor():
killProcess()
os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, STOP_PROCESS)
def restartProcess():
killProcess()
print(START_PROCESS)
print(os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, START_PROCESS))
def main():
arguments = cgi.FieldStorage()
for key in arguments.keys():
value = arguments[key].value
if key == 'action':
if value == 'stop':
stopSensor()
print("ok")
return
elif value == 'start' or value == 'restart':
restartProcess()
print("ok")
return
elif value == 'resetdata':
try:
with open(DATA_FILE, 'w') as outfile:
outfile.write('[]')
except:
print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info())
print("ok")
return
print("?")
main()
I was able to solve my problem with: http://alexanderhoughton.co.uk/blog/lighttpd-changing-default-user-raspberry-pi/
Has anyone been successful in doing this on windows? I'm trying to command a DSLR camera to take photos with Python over USB on a Windows machine. Or do you have a better solution (I am unable to switch to Linux).
Here's a working solution, using Python 3.5 (installed via Anaconda), BTW.
The parameters for the ISO and shutter are hardwired, but this should get you going if you ever need it.
import sys
import os
import subprocess
import datetime
def func_TakeNikonPicture(input_filename):
camera_command = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\digiCamControl\CameraControlCmd.exe'
camera_command_details = '/filename ./' + input_filename + ' /capture /iso 500 /shutter 1/30 /aperture 1.8'
print('camera details = ',camera_command_details)
full_command=camera_command + ' ' + camera_command_details
p = subprocess.Popen(full_command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True, shell=False)
(output, err) = p.communicate()
#This makes the wait possible
p_status = p.wait(1)
# print(p.stdout.readline())
#This will give you the output of the command being executed
print('Command output: ' + str(output))
print('Command err: ' + str(err))
print('done')
if(len(sys.argv) < 2):
rawimagename = 'test.jpg'
else:
# sys.argv[0] is the program name, sys.argv[1] is the first file, etc.
# need to shift this over
files = sys.argv[1:len(sys.argv)]
# Read the image
rawimagename = files[0]
if(os.path.isfile(rawimagename) is True):
print("File exists...not overwriting.")
sys.exit()
# Store date/time for file uniqueness
current_dt=datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
print("Current date time = " + current_dt)
rawimagename=current_dt + '_' + rawimagename
print('Name of raw image will be: ', rawimagename)
# take picture
func_TakeNikonPicture(rawimagename)
Digicamcontrol have a remote utility which can control the application almost all aspects, the utility can be run in command prompt or execute using subprocess.call in Python
For more info about utility command line arguments check this link http://digicamcontrol.com/doc/userguide/remoteutil