On 10/24/06 3:50 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On a related note, this app frequently needs to swap printers as it > prints labels on the Dymo printer and reports on a laser printer. This > is a real pain for the users as Rev has no way of storing & setting > page setups or printer preferences. I have to ask them to do Page > setup every time they print! If this is also a problem for you, > please consider voting for Bug #1619 > <http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=1619> You did not indicate a platform, but if it is OSX, then Applescript may be the way to go. Check out http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2082.html For example, the following script prints three copies of the second page of a document to the printer "Prints Charming" after showing the Print dialog. set theDoc to alias "Macintosh HD:ReadMe" set printConfig to {copies:3, starting page:2, ending page:2, target printer:"Prints Charming"} print theDoc with properties printConfig with print dialog --------------------------------- Also on the web page ................ print: Print the specified object(s) print reference -- Objects to print. Can be a list of files or an object specifier. [with properties print settings] -- The print settings [print dialog boolean] -- Should the application show the Print dialog? The print settings parameter allows a scripter to specify the following information. Class print settings: Properties: copies integer [r/o] -- The number of copies of a document to be printed collating boolean [r/o] -- Should printed copies be collated? starting page integer [r/o] -- The first page of the document to be printed ending page integer [r/o] -- The last page of the document to be printed pages across integer [r/o] -- Number of logical pages laid across a physical page pages down integer [r/o] -- Number of logical pages laid out down a physical page requested print time date [r/o] -- The time at which the desktop printer should print the document error handling standard/summarized/detailed [r/o] -- How errors are handled fax number text [r/o] -- The number to which to fax the document target printer text [r/o] -- The name of the destination print queue Jim Ault Las Vegas _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
