C4/Print.pm

   1 package C4::Print;
   2
   3 # Copyright 2000-2002 Katipo Communications
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  19
  20 use strict;
  21 #use warnings; FIXME - Bug 2505
  22 use C4::Context;
  23
  24 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
  25
  26 BEGIN {
  27         # set the version for version checking
  28         $VERSION = 3.01;
  29         require Exporter;
  30         @ISA    = qw(Exporter);
  31         @EXPORT = qw(&printslip);
  32 }
  33
  34 =head1 NAME
  35
  36 C4::Print - Koha module dealing with printing
  37
  38 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  39
  40   use C4::Print;
  41
  42 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  43
  44 The functions in this module handle sending text to a printer.
  45
  46 =head1 FUNCTIONS
  47
  48 =cut
  49
  50 =for comment
  51     my $slip = <<"EOF";
  52 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  53 Date: $todaysdate;
  54
  55 ITEM RESERVED:
  56 $itemdata->{'title'} ($itemdata->{'author'})
  57 barcode: $itemdata->{'barcode'}
  58
  59 COLLECT AT: $branchname
  60
  61 BORROWER:
  62 $bordata->{'surname'}, $bordata->{'firstname'}
  63 card number: $bordata->{'cardnumber'}
  64 Phone: $bordata->{'phone'}
  65 $bordata->{'streetaddress'}
  66 $bordata->{'suburb'}
  67 $bordata->{'town'}
  68 $bordata->{'emailaddress'}
  69
  70
  71 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  72 EOF
  73 =cut
  74
  75 =head2 printslip
  76
  77   &printslip($slip)
  78
  79 print a slip for the given $borrowernumber and $branchcode
  80
  81 =cut
  82
  83 sub printslip ($) {
  84     my ($slip) = @_;
  85
  86     return unless ( C4::Context->boolean_preference('printcirculationslips') );
  87
  88 # FIXME - It'd be nifty if this could generate pretty PostScript.
  89
  90     my $queue = '';
  91
  92     # FIXME - If 'queue' is undefined or empty, then presumably it should
  93     # mean "use the default queue", whatever the default is. Presumably
  94     # the default depends on the physical location of the machine.
  95     # FIXME - Perhaps "print to file" should be a supported option. Just
  96     # set the queue to "file" (or " file", if real queues aren't allowed
  97     # to have spaces in them). Or perhaps if $queue eq "" and
  98     # $env->{file} ne "", then that should mean "print to $env->{file}".
  99     if ( $queue eq "" || $queue eq 'nulllp' ) {
 100         return;
 101         #open( PRINTER, ">/tmp/kohaiss" );
 102     }
 103     else {
 104
 105         # FIXME - This assumes that 'lpr' exists, and works as expected.
 106         # This is a reasonable assumption, but only because every other
 107         # printing package has a wrapper script called 'lpr'. It'd still
 108         # be better to be able to customize this.
 109         open( PRINTER, "| lpr -P $queue > /dev/null" )
 110           or die "Couldn't write to queue:$queue!\n";
 111     }
 112
 113     #  print $queue;
 114     #open (FILE,">/tmp/$file");
 115     print PRINTER $slip;
 116     print PRINTER "\r\n" x 7 ;
 117     close PRINTER;
 118
 119     #system("lpr /tmp/$file");
 120 }
 121
 122 1;
 123 __END__
 124
 125 =head1 AUTHOR
 126
 127 Koha Development Team <http://koha-community.org/>
 128
 129 =head1 SEE ALSO
 130
 131 C4::Circulation::Circ2(3)
 132
 133 =cut