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Asked: 2026-05-14T15:03:37+00:00

I am trying to create an application to print documents over the web. I

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I am trying to create an application to print documents over the web. I have created my document, and made a web page with a meta refresh tag, along the lines of this:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;http://example.com/download.epl2" />

I specify that the document has a content-type of application/x-epl2, and I have associated .epl2 files on my computer with a program that silently sends them to the printer.

I have put the website into my trusted sites zone.

Currently Internet Explorer pops up the “Open, Save, Cancel” dialog box with no option to automatically open the file.

Is there a setting in IE6/7/8 that I can use to have IE just open the file without prompting?

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The actual content of the file will differ based on the job, but essentially it is text that follows the Eltron Programming Language.

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I have accomplished this in both Chrome and Firefox by choosing “Automatically Open Files Of This Type From Now On”

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The machines this program will be used on will effectively be kiosks that are limited to only accessing my website from their web browsers, so I’m not worried about rogue websites sending documents to my printers.

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I am using PHP to generate the documents and HTML on the server side, though I expect the solution to be language agnostic.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you always had a secret desire to develop a custom URL protocol (I know I do), this might be a good excuse to do it. 😉
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914%28VS.85%29.aspx

    There are 1-2 prompts when opening such a link for the first time in IE, but you can choose to automatically open them after that.

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