Re: [OT] Pre-selecting a printer?
Re: [OT] Pre-selecting a printer?
- Subject: Re: [OT] Pre-selecting a printer?
- From: Pascal Robert <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:09:07 -0400 (EDT)
We have an app that use CUPS to print labels. The framework use JIPSI :
http://www.lohndirekt.de/software/jipsi_quickstart_drucksoftware.html
Disclaimer : I didn't setup the CUPS server and didn't work on the app, I just know that we have an app that use it :-) You should look at the IPP stuff in LEWOStuff from Andrew.
> No, that would be crazy, even for me (^_^)
>
> I was just wondering if it were possible to set up a client Mac to
> print automatically to a specific printer based on characteristics of
>
> the print job. So, let's say I have a color inkjet printer, a black
>
> and white laser printer, and a star receipt printer. If I print out a
>
> picture, I want the picture to go to the color printer. If I'm
> printing a black and white, text only document, then I want that to go
>
> to the laser, and if I have a print job that is 7cm wide, it should go
>
> to the receipt printer. Automatically... or at the very least, pre-
> selected in the print dialog so that all I have to do is hit the enter
>
> key to print. It seems the only options I really have is to select a
>
> specific printer, or default to the last printer used. I'm wondering
>
> if it is possible to select the "most appropriate" printer based on
> characteristics of the print job.
>
> CUPS looked pretty neat. I imagined there might be some hidden
> configuration magic in it, so I thought I would ask the list to see if
>
> anyone know of any. (^_^)
>
> Ramsey
>
> On Oct 25, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Andrew Lindesay wrote:
>
> > Hi Ramsey;
> >
> > Do you mean that you would like to change the default printer on a
>
> > users' machine from a web page?
> >
> > cheers.
> >
> >>> Are you able to just print directly to the printer from the
> >>> application server?
> >>>
> > ...
> >>>> Is it possible, if I have control of the client machines, to
> >>>> select a printer based on the printed page size? Also, is it
> >>>> possible to bypass the print dialog? I tried searching the Apple
>
> >>>> printing list but didn't come up with a lot of answers...
> > ...
> >> I was thinking of something like a star printer hooked to a client
>
> >> machine. Is there anything in OS X that would let me configure the
>
> >> OS to automatically send jobs to the right place? I found
> >
> > ___
> > Andrew Lindesay
> > www.lindesay.co.nz
> >
>
>
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