Printer Driver Function

[Ashish Kanoongo]

Hello

I want to create a "print driver function" for print-to-email
For eg.
I create a document in Excel, or Lotus 123 or any other program which has the ability to print. I preview it to make sure it is OK. I select as a printer: "print to email".

Then properties button pops up and when I press it I have a choice of file formats, dpi and compression. The idea is to print the document so that it appears exactly on the email as it did in my print preview. This is done by outputting it in .tif or .bmp or .htm or .pdf and embedding it as an image in the email. I understand that the email needs to be encoded in multi-part mime so that if the recipient's email service allows images to be viewed on the email itself, it can do so. If the email service filters images then the contents can come through as rich text or as an attached file.

Can I use PDFPrint for this? What do I need to use this component? How much I paid for this? I am giving this facility to my users free of cost with source code as Open Source.

If someone know about this type of utility, let me know.

Ashsih

 

[Andrew Cushen]

Ashish-

I think the best approach for you would be to get the full
version of Adobe Acrobat 6.0- it installs a button in
Office apps and IE that lets you print to PDF. You could
then manually attach the .PDF file to an e-mail, or check
www.adobe.com to look into automating the e-mail send via
programming Acrobat. Otherwise you're looking at a ton of
self-educating and programming.

Good luck,

-Andrew
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-----Original Message-----
Hello

I want to create a "print driver function" for print-to- email
For eg.
I create a document in Excel, or Lotus 123 or any other

program which has the ability to print. I preview it to
make sure it is OK. I select as a printer: "print to
email".

Then properties button pops up and when I press it I have

a choice of file formats, dpi and compression. The idea is
to print the document so that it appears exactly on the
email as it did in my print preview. This is done by
outputting it in .tif or .bmp or .htm or .pdf and
embedding it as an image in the email. I understand that
the email needs to be encoded in multi-part mime so that
if the recipient's email service allows images to be
viewed on the email itself, it can do so. If the email
service filters images then the contents can come through
as rich text or as an attached file.

Can I use PDFPrint for this? What do I need to use this

component? How much I paid for this? I am giving this
facility to my users free of cost with source code as Open
Source.

If someone know about this type of utility, let me know.

Ashsih

01/30/2004

 

[Jonathan Rynd]

I want to create a "print driver function" for print-to-email
For eg.
I create a document in Excel, or Lotus 123 or any other program which
has the ability to print. I preview it to make sure it is OK. I select
as a printer: "print to email".

Yes, PDF would be the way to go here. Newer versions of Excel have a built
in PDF creator, and if that doesn't work there are plenty of others out
there.

It will create a file, which you then have to attach to an outgoing email.

Creating a print driver is not an easy task. If you really want this, you
will have to hire someone who knows how to do it. It would probably cost
you several thousand dollars (if you hire an American programmer) or maybe
under $1000 (if you hire someone from Asia).