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Re: Running lpr on windows from python

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016, at 06:57 AM, loial wrote:
> process = subprocess.Popen(commandline, shell=True,
> stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
> 
> where command line is
> C:/windows/system32/lpr.exe -S 172.28.84.38 -P RAW C:/john/myfile

Try making command line:
commandline = r"C:\windows\system32\lpr.exe -S 172.28.84.38 -P RAW
C:\john\myfile"

The r in front of the string makes it a raw string so you don't have to
double up the slashes.

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Stephen Hansen
  m e @ i x o k a i . i o

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Running lpr on windows from python loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 06:57 -0700
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-21 00:07 +1000
    Re: Running lpr on windows from python loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 07:25 -0700
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2016-04-20 15:08 +0100
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-20 10:09 -0400
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 07:21 -0700
    Re: Running lpr on windows from python Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2016-04-20 15:58 +0100
    Re: Running lpr on windows from python eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 22:10 -0500
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-20 14:01 -0700
  Re: Running lpr on windows from python loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 04:30 -0700
    Re: Running lpr on windows from python loial <jldunn2000@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 08:07 -0700
      Re: Running lpr on windows from python eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 12:04 -0500

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