[OPLINTECH] Need help from a Mac user

[Phil Shirley]

I've found someone who'll do this for me -- yay!

Phil

On 8/16/2012 4:29 PM, Phil Shirley wrote:
> Could someone who has a Mac with OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8 help me
> with something? In order to create scripts for automatically adding our
> network printers to patrons' Macs so they can print wirelessly here, I
> need someone with a Mac to find a couple of filenames, insert them into
> 3 scripts, then compile and compress the scripts and send them to me.
> There are specific instructions below. Thanks for any help you can give
> me with this.
>
> First of all, on your Mac, find the printer PPD (Driver) filename (in
> /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources; it has the extension .gz,
> like Brother HL-5250DN series.gz) for each of these printers:
>
> HP LaserJet 4200n
> HP LaserJet 4650n
>
> For each of the three scripts below, could you change something.gz to
> the filename you found above for that printer (the black printers are
> 4200s; color is 4650), then save the script in a text file as spot.scpt,
> and then follow this procedure:
>
> 1. Open the file "spot.scpt" in the AppleScript Editor
> 2. Click Compile.
> 3. Click Save/Save As and enter the name "InstallPrinter".
> 4. Choose the File Format of Application.
> 5. Uncheck all boxes except Run Only.
> 6. Save the file.
> 7. Find the file in Finder, then right-click it and select Compress
> "InstallPrinter".
>
> Then email the files to me. Thanks!
>
> do shell script "lpadmin -p BlackWhiteUpstairs -E -v
> ipp://spot.cuyahogafallslibrary.org:631/printers/BlackWhiteUpstairs -P
> \"/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/something.gz\""
> display dialog "The printer BlackWhiteUpstairs is now ready to use."
>
> do shell script "lpadmin -p BlackWhiteChildrens -E -v
> ipp://spot.cuyahogafallslibrary.org:631/printers/BlackWhiteChildrens -P
> \"/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/something.gz\""
> display dialog "The printer BlackWhiteChildrens is now ready to use."
>
> do shell script "lpadmin -p SPOTCOLOR -E -v
> ipp://spot.cuyahogafallslibrary.org:631/printers/SPOTCOLOR -P
> \"/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/something.gz\""
> display dialog "The printer SPOTCOLOR is now ready to use."
>
> Phil

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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org

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