74. selectPrinter

Parameter syntax:

[ format [ printer_name ]? ]?

This command is only useful to write interactive macro commands.

Displays a printer chooser dialog box that may be used to select a printer and configure the print job.

format

Mime type of the document to be printed. Example: application/vnd.hp-PC.

The following short names are also supported: ps (application/postscript), pdf (application/pdf), pcl (application/vnd.hp-PCL).

printer_name

Name of a printer supporting format format. If this name is not specified, the dialog box displays the last selected printer supporting this format.

Without a parameter, the dialog box displays last selected PostScript® printer (that is, default parameter is "ps").

Examples:

selectPrinter
selectPrinter ps
selectPrinter "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
selectPrinter application/postscript lp23

Command selectPrinter returns a string using this syntax: printer_name '->' format. Example: "My Color Printer->application/postscript".