Re: Mavericks Printer Selection
Re: Mavericks Printer Selection
- Subject: Re: Mavericks Printer Selection
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:51:13 -0700
On Aug 27, 2014, at 1:12 AM, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 27 Aug 2014, at 4:15 pm, Bruce Robertson <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> This give me Name; and Kind.
>>
>> {"Dymo LabelWriter 330", "Dymo Label Printer"}
>>
>> But what I am looking for is Device Name, which in my case is:
>>
>> Dymo_LabelWriter_330___miniserver
>
> I understand. But if you get the kind, and change all characters not A-Za-z0-9 to underscores, and you already have a list of all device names via lpstat, you may be able to match them using "offset of ... in ...".
>
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> Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
> <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
Thanks, and I can make that work, but I would prefer a different approach.
This is for use within FileMaker. Previously, I did not have to install anything new to select printers.
Everything could be managed with Printer Setup Utility, which can be called from within a perform applescript statement.
Now, for every new user of a 10.9+ system, I must install a new app (well scripting library entry).
Or, as suggested elsewhere, get an older copy of Printer Setup Utility installed.
Am I missing something in shell commands or other standard applescript statements that would let me read the user's printer names?
Bruce
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