I need to print receipts and invoices directly to printers

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    I am working on an application that produces receipts and invoices. So I need a php code that will enable me to print these items directly to my printer without printing the whole web page. Please soomeone help.
     
    Davyvile, Mar 29, 2008 IP
  2. owenj

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    Are you wanting the print dialog to come up in a browser or be sent to the printer? What OS are you running?
     
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    You don't need php for this. Use a print css file that will display:none the areas of the page you don't want so they won't be printed out. You can invoke the print dialogue in javascript onclick of a button, window.print() I think eg :

    <input type="button" onclick="javascript:window.print();" value="Pint your receipt" />
    HTML:
    Example print.css :

    div#header, div#sidebar, div#footer {display:none;}
    Code (markup):
    To include the print.css in your html :

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="print.css" media="print"  />
    HTML:
     
    GazPoint, Mar 30, 2008 IP