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How do I print to the OS's default printer in Python 3 (cross platform)?

I have a Python 3 script that is going to be doing some regex substitution on some Rich Text Files (rtf) and I would like to be able to print out a whole directory's files on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I have done quite a bit of searching to no avail.

Thanks in advance.

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There is no cross-platform way. On Linux and OS X you can invoke lpr(1) via subprocess and CUPS will handle the document conversion as best as possible, but Windows is trickier.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  2010-02-23 05:57:08
So, I suppose I will have to detect the OS first and then call a section of code to deal with which one it is?
Magwich  2010-02-23 05:59:45
Or just import modules called "winprint" or "posixprint" as "print" depending.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  2010-02-23 06:01:40
Well, not "print", but you get the picture.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  2010-02-23 07:50:59

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