Print Excel workbook using python

Question

Suppose I have an excel file excel_file.xlsx and i want to send it to my printer using Python so I use:

import os
os.startfile(\'path/to/file\',         


        

Answer 1

from xlrd import open_workbook
from openpyxl.reader.excel import load_workbook
import os
import shutil

path_to_workbook = "/Users/username/path/sheet.xlsx"
worksheets_folder = "/Users/username/path/worksheets/"
workbook = open_workbook(path_to_workbook)


def main():

    all_sheet_names = []
    for s in workbook.sheets():
        all_sheet_names.append(s.name)

    for sheet in workbook.sheets():

        if not os.path.exists("worksheets"):
            os.makedirs("worksheets")

        working_sheet = sheet.name

        path_to_new_workbook = worksheets_folder + '{}.xlsx'.format(sheet.name)

        shutil.copyfile(path_to_workbook, path_to_new_workbook)

        nwb = load_workbook(path_to_new_workbook)

        print "working_sheet = " + working_sheet

        for name in all_sheet_names:

            if name != working_sheet:
                nwb.remove_sheet(nwb.get_sheet_by_name(name))

        nwb.save(path_to_new_workbook)

    ws_files = get_file_names(worksheets_folder, ".xlsx")

    # Uncomment print command
    for f in xrange(0, len(ws_files)):
        path_to_file = worksheets_folder + ws_files[f]
        # os.startfile(path_to_file, 'print')
        print 'PRINT: ' + path_to_file

    # remove worksheets folder
    shutil.rmtree(worksheets_folder)


def get_file_names(folder, extension):
    names = []
    for file_name in os.listdir(folder):
        if file_name.endswith(extension):
            names.append(file_name)
    return names


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

probably not the best approach, but it should work. As a workaround you can create separate .xlsx files where each has only one spreadsheet and then print them with os.startfile(path_to_file, 'print')