If you are developer of web-based application (browser/server architecture), you may have trouble on printing invoice, ticket etc. The users need to select printer, paper size, and setup the margins, so the user need to click many times.
How to print invoice without selecting printer, paper size etc.? Can I control the printer just by Javascript? Here I will introduce a dedicated printing tool for web page only.
It is GTD Printing Tool, developed by Lion Soft.
Now I will show you the main function by an example.
Download and Install
The GTD Printing Tool can be downloaded from this link:
https://www.lv2000.com/products/setupGtdPrintTool.zip
After download the installer, please unzip the file and double click the installer, the wizard will guide you through the installation.
Run GTD Printing Tool
Please click the shortcut in start menu, run the GTD Printing Tool, it may take a long time to start the program because it need time to collect data of printers, especially network printer.
The main window is shown below:
Please click Help, and then Print Sample Web Report…
The browser will be launched.
Please click submit button, and the browser will send request to GTD Printing Tool, and then GTD Printing Tool will print the report. You need to select printer first.
After print the report, the browser will navigate to index page again; you can please fill in another name and print again.
The printing record will be shown in the main window.
GTD Report Designer
You can right click the record, and then check the report template in GTD Report Designer.
Support & Feedback
GTD Printing Tool supports all browsers, it can be invoked by any programming language. We will provide sample written in php and java only.
Feedback, questions and bug reports are welcome and please send to support@lv2000.com.