rray has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Since Win32::Printer module is listed as discontinued is there a better replacement?

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Re: Win32::Printer discontinued
by grinder (Bishop) on Sep 17, 2008 at 20:15 UTC

    I'm a bit lost. Where does it say this module is discontinued? I just had a look at Win32::Printer (on CPAN) and didn't see anything in the documentation.

    At first I thought it was vapourware, but is seems like it's been around for a while. If you're currently using it, you still can. If you're not, it might just work as is anyway. If you ask around, you might find someone who already uses it a lot, and might want to take over maintenance.

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      The ABSTRACT section starts with the characters "DISCONTINUED!!!", which is not the first place I would have looked either.
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Re: Win32::Printer discontinued
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Sep 18, 2008 at 00:55 UTC
    There is Printer which claims to work on both Windows and multiple Unix platforms.

    If you're using an lpd-compatible print server or a network printer with one built in, Net::Print might be worth looking over on Win32.

    Win32::CLR might be of help if you know how to print a document from the common language runtime (which I don't).

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Re: Win32::Printer discontinued
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 17, 2008 at 18:31 UTC
    No.
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