I know ASP is server side so i'm not sure if it can be done.

Is it possible to have a button that when pressed prints a page to the defult print on the clients PC.

No, it will have to be client side (as with your post in the JS forum)

Yes i know i posted in the java script forum, too but if there was a way to to it via asp then no one in a java script forum would tell me that would they?

He's got a point there...sort of.

higginbt: it's not possible to access the printer directly via ASP.

However, it is possible to execute VBS and BAT files from ASP using the Windows Scripting Shell dealy. I haven't played with it very much myself, so I don't know if your thing might work, but it's worth a shot, right?

<%

Dim objWShell
Set objWShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWShell.CurrentDirectory = "(current dir)"
objWShell.Run("(some batch or VBS file)")

%>
This does require certain server permissions as well, so you should make sure you have those before you get started.

Hope this helps.

on the clients PC.

Not in ASP. The code above will execute on the server so there's no way it's gonna print to the client.
Hang in there on the JavaScript forum, or check out GMail. They have a print button that opens a new window and then brings up the default print dialog.

Thanks guys for you help on this.