SaPrinter(3tlib)

SaPrinter: SaPrintersGet, SaPrinterGetDefault, SaPrinterGetClasses, SaPrinterGetQueues -- SCOadmin interfaces for querying the print subsystem

Synopsis

SaPrintersGet [host] [type] [listtypes]
SaPrinterGetDefault [host]
SaPrinterGetClasses [host] [listtypes]
SaPrinterGetQueues [host] [type] [listtypes]

Description

SaPrintersGet- get list of printers on host machine

SaPrinterGetDefault- get default printer on host machine

SaPrinterGetClasses- get list of printer classes on host machine

SaPrinterGetQueues- get list of printer queues on host machine

These functions provide a front end to obtain commonly used information from the printer OSA.

SaPrintersGet: get a list of printers of specified type(s) on specified host machine. When "listtypes" is true, SaPrintersGet returns a list of lists where each list contains a pair: printer and printer type.
SaPrinterGetDefault [host]: get the default printer on the specified host machine. If no default printer is configured, returns {}.
SaPrinterGetClasses [host] [listtypes]: get a list of printer classes on the specified host machine. When "listtypes" is true, SaPrinterGetClasses returns a list of lists where each list contains a pair: class name and the type "class".
SaPrinterGetQueues [host] [type] [listtypes]: get a list of printer queues (e.g. printers and classes) of specified type(s) on specified host machine. When "listtypes" is true, SaPrinterGetQueues returns a list of lists where each list contains a pair: queue name and the type (see below).

Arguments

icon: title of a desktop icon representing an icon.
file: optional full pathname of a file to be printed. If omitted, a file selection box is presented for the user to interactively select the file to be printed.

Diagnostics

Errors will be thrown and should be caught with ErrorCatch.