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Print a file to a printer or class on the default server.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
CUPS | 2.5 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ❌ No |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
Printer | The name of the printer. Please use CUPS printer name with underscore instead of spaces. |
"Brother_DCP_8085DN" | |
Data | The file data to print. You can include escapes with backslash. \n gives new line, \r gives return, \\ gives a backslash. \xx with a hex number gives that character. e.g. \41 gives an A. | "Hello World\nJust a test!\n" | |
Title | The title of the print job. | "FileMaker Printout" | Optional |
Options | List of options. Simply add key and values as string parameters to the function call. | "key1"; "value1"; "key2"; "value2" | Optional |
Returns job number.
Print data:
MBS( "CUPS.PrintData"; "Brother_DCP_8085DN"; "Hello World\nJust a test!\n"; "FileMaker Printout" )
Print data with options:
MBS( "CUPS.PrintData"; "Brother_DCP_8085DN"; "Hello World\nJust a test!\n"; "FileMaker Printout";
// first option
"Scaling"; "75";
// second option
"media"; "A4" )
Build Data, send to printer and write a text file for debugging:
Set Variable [$data; Value:"#!A1#DC REM Drucker wird aktiviert¶" & "#IMSR103.87/25.00 REM Etikettenmasse¶" & "#PR5/5/ REM Druckgeschwindigkeit¶" & "#HV70 REM Druckhitze¶" & "#ER¶" & "¶" & "¶" & "¶" & "#T06.5 #J18.7 #YN101/1R/33///\\80#G¶" …]
Set Variable [$data; Value:MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $data; 3 )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; $data; "/tmp/test.txt"; "Dos" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "CUPS.PrintData"; "LabelPrinter"; $data; "Label" )]
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 2nd February 2021