File size in Print Manager

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

In OS9 I used to be able to find the size of any file that was being sent to a printer by simply clicking on it and getting info about it and I could even drag the file out of the print window and save a copy for future use (preventing my having to re-print the file, I could just drop the saved file back onto my printer icon).

This is inactive in OSX so I would like a way to script the print manager so I can check the size of a file currently being sent. And if it is possible I would like to make a copy of the file as well. Does anyone know if this is possible, and if it is how to go about scripting it?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
jON bEEBE

#2

I never tried scripting print manager. Maybe someone else will chime in on that.

If you have personal web sharing running on your OSX mac, open this URL…

http://127.0.0.1:631/

Or just Google CUPS.

Basically, the OSX UNIX Printing System is all command-line accessible, so you can get to these sorts of things using “do shell script”.