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Printer Setup Utility, starting a stopped printer.
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Printer Setup Utility, starting a stopped printer.


  • Subject: Printer Setup Utility, starting a stopped printer.
  • From: Thomas Myers <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:37:09 -0400

I have a printer that sometimes stops. Since this is on a headless machine, I don't see it and users are upset..  

Using Applescript I can see that the printer is stopped, but I can't figure out how to start it again without using "System Events".

Does anyone know how to do that.

I'm thinking it would be something like: 
set thePrinter's status description to idle


Thanks

Below is the result of my query of my "stopped" printer.  
tell application "Printer Setup Utility"
get current printer
--> printer "XeroxPhaser6300DN-192.168.44.103"
get properties of printer "XeroxPhaser6300DN-192.168.44.103"
--> {
kind:"Xerox Phaser 6300DN", 
status description:"Stopped", 
name:"XeroxPhaser6300DN-192.168.44.103", 
class:printer, 
status:stopped
}
set status of printer "XeroxPhaser6300DN-192.168.44.103" to idle
end tell

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