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From: "JR "Bob" Dobbs" on 7 Apr 2008 17:25
With CF 8 you could use the CFPRINT tag.

For earlier versions of CF you might generate a text file then print it from a
command line utility via CFEXECUTE.

To generate a fax you might use InterFax, http://www.interfax.net

From: yaf23 on 7 Apr 2008 17:32
How do you suggest using the CFPRINT Tag, because just thinking about it, it
seems more suitable to for say teh customer after they are done to
automatically print to thier default printer but to be able to have that order
printed automatically some where else(like at the store) when a order comes in,
that is what I am unsure about. The Fax option definately looks like I can use
that out of the box but does it require you to know languages other than CF? I
know a little PHP and .NET can this only be done using these languages?

Thanks for your help that has been really helpful

From: yaf23 on 7 Apr 2008 17:35
Oh thanks I found the answer about the Fax: http://www.interfax.net/en/dev/coldfusion.html
From: "JR "Bob" Dobbs" on 7 Apr 2008 17:38
Are you trying to print at the office where the server is located or on the PC
where the end user is located? If you trying to print at the end user's
browser you will need to rely on Javascript (since CF operates on the server
side).

Regarding interfax the have both a web service API and email API, either of
which can be used with CF.

From: yaf23 on 7 Apr 2008 17:59
Yea I am trying to print at the store, so, the customer will place an order
from thier PC then teh order gets sent to the store and printed there
automatically. The fax will work and I saw an option with
http://www.interfax.net where you can specify an e-mail address with the fax
as the address and it will be sent to the fax. I am still thinking about the
printing at the store though.

I am thinking I could setup a e-mail account for the company, then use a print
software that plugs into to outlook to print every new message that comes in.
I saw some plug-ins for outlook for like $39 such as Print Message for Outlook
2.00, Print Tools for Outlook 1.7.6 and Automatic Print Email 2.07 . I
rather a development solution but well see. I want to have others weigh in and
see what there thoughts are because the suggestion you gave me was very good.

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