It returns "idle" in all cases? Are you saying that it doesn't
distinguish if the printer is on/connected vs off/disconnected?
How would I get the contents of the various printer properties from
this script into rev variables to test this out? Do I use an 'on
appleEvent' handler -- if so, how? Sorry for the naive questions, but
I haven't used applescript much.
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
[email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:33 PM, BNig wrote:
Peter,
I was a little too fast with my reply, I am afraid
this gives me all the information of the current printer
unfortunately it
does return idle even if the current printer is off.
tell application "Printer Setup Utility"
set Current_Printer to name of current printer --> set a variable
for the
name of your current/default printer
set tKind to kind of current printer
set tproperties to properties of current printer
set tJob to job of current printer
end tell
Since you are looking for an active/connected printer this is
probably not
working.
regards
Bernd
BNig wrote:
Peter,
tell application "Printer Setup Utility"
set Current_Printer to name of current printer --> set a variable
for the
name of your current/default printer
end tell
this applescript tells me the currently selected printer on MacOSX
10.5.8
regards
Bernd
Peter Brigham MD wrote:
I have a stack system that is being used on laptops (at this point
Mac
OSX only). One of my beta testers uses it in three different
locations. Among many other things, the stack prints out notes and
various other text files from within Rev (running in IDE on RevMedia
4.0 -- eventually I'll get to porting it as a standalone). As it
stands now, the user needs to select the currently available printer
using the system preferences. I need a way to discover if the
printer
designated as active in the system preferences is actually the one
that is plugged into the USB port. I have a way for the user to
change
the printer from within the stack, but I'd like to avoid the
situation
where he tries to print something and gets the bobbing printer
driver
icon in the dock telling him that that printer is unavailable
(because
he's at a different site and forgot to change his printer
designation).
The ideal solution would be to be able to detect the currently
connected printer and send any print job automatically to that
printer, but I'd settle for just being able to post an alert when
trying to print to notify him that he is about to use an unavailable
printer. How do I detect what printer is connected? Or at least,
detect if a designated printer is connected or not?
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
[email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
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