macOS Applescript and printing

[Aouttier]

Good evening,

I have a little script which print a file (without opening it). The code looks like:

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    print document file PathFileDoel
end tell

PathFileDoel is the name of the file.

Now, I want that the file to be printed double sided. What do I have to change to the code?

Thanks in advance!

 

[0d085d]

Good evening,

I have a little script which print a file (without opening it). The code looks like:

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    print document file PathFileDoel
end tell

PathFileDoel is the name of the file.

Now, I want that the file to be printed double sided. What do I have to change to the code?

Thanks in advance!

You'll want to print via CUPS (the UNIX printing system):

do shell script "lp -d HP_LaserJet_52001 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (PathFileDoel as alias))

To find the name of your printer, open the Terminal application and type:

lpstat

followed by enter.

 

[Aouttier]

Thank you for your reply

Since I switched recently from Windows to Mac, I'm not a real expert in Mac, so forgive me my supplementary questions.

Cups.... Is that something that I have to install?

Does this also work with a networkprinter?
[doublepost=1460746176][/doublepost]Forget my former questions, after some surfing, I found that CUPS is standard installed on a Mac. I even found that I can address it with Safari ( http://127.0.0.1:631).

But now, the command lpstat doesn't work. But, I can find the printer name on the site.

How does my code have to look like. Now, I have and it doesn't work (the opened document in pages isn't printed):

tell application "Pages"
    activate
    do shell script "lp -d HP_LaserJet_500_colorMFP_M570dw__6C4329_ -o sides=two-sided-long-edge "
end tell

 

[0d085d]

Thank you for your reply

Since I switched recently from Windows to Mac, I'm not a real expert in Mac, so forgive me my supplementary questions.

Cups.... Is that something that I have to install?

Does this also work with a networkprinter?
[doublepost=1460746176][/doublepost]Forget my former questions, after some surfing, I found that CUPS is standard installed on a Mac. I even found that I can address it with Safari ( http://127.0.0.1:631).

But now, the command lpstat doesn't work. But, I can find the printer name on the site.

How does my code have to look like. Now, I have and it doesn't work (the opened document in pages isn't printed):

tell application "Pages"
    activate
    do shell script "lp -d HP_LaserJet_500_colorMFP_M570dw__6C4329_ -o sides=two-sided-long-edge "
end tell

Your problem is that the lp command doesn't have anything to print. You need to pass it a filepath:

tell application "Pages"
    activate
    set filePath to path of document 1
    do shell script "lp -d HP_LaserJet_500_colorMFP_M570dw__6C4329_ -o sides=two-sided-long-edge " &
quoted form of (POSIX path of filePath)
end tell

If that doesn't work, try running lp without any arguments in Terminal (just press ctrl-c after a few seconds to get the prompt back) then run lpstat again and see if it gets you the printer name. What you've got looks like it's probably right though.

 

[Aouttier]

It worked! Thank you very much!

But, now he's printing to the manual tray. How, do I have to switch the tray he's printing too?

 

[0d085d]

It worked! Thank you very much!

But, now he's printing to the manual tray. How, do I have to switch the tray he's printing too?

You'll need to add a -o media=Upper to the command. Change Upper to find the tray you want. Running lpoptions -p printer_name -l in Terminal might give you a list of available trays (under InputSlot) but this doesn't work for me when I try it.

 

[Aouttier]

Thank you very much!

My printer is also a Fax. Can I also send a Fax with CUPS?

 

[0d085d]

Thank you very much!

My printer is also a Fax. Can I also send a Fax with CUPS?

You need to find the queue name for your fax first.

Run lp in Terminal. Give it a few seconds then press ctrl-c. Now run

lpstat -p -d

It should give you a list of available queues. When you've found your fax machine, use the following:

do shell script "lp -d HP_LaserJet_52001_fax -o phone=01234567890 " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (PathFileDoel as alias))