Send file to Network Printer by Javascript

[heresha93876846]

I have a trusted function that saves a file to my network printer. But it doesnt work, I get this error:

"The file may be read-only, or another user may have it open. Please save the document with a different name or in a different folder."

This is my code:

// Xerox = Send the file to the Xerox Printer

var xerox = app.trustedFunction( function()

{

app.beginPriv();

var xeroxPath = "\\\out\\spool\\print\\Xerox\\";

this.saveAs(xeroxPath + this.documentFileName);

app.alert("PDF is sent to the printer",3)

app.endPriv();

});

[try67]

You should use the print method instead of saveAs.

[heresha93876846]

It prints to a hold que, I can save to it manually. Its a postcript digital press.

[heresha93876846]

The printer is not available under my printers

[heresha93876846 · Accepted solution]

Ok, I found the solution. In windows map the  "\\\out\\spool\\print\\Xerox\\" to a new network Drive. In my case I mapped it to X: so the code becomes:

// Xerox = Send the file to the Xerox Printer

var xerox = app.trustedFunction( function()

{

app.beginPriv();

var xeroxPath = "x:\\";

this.saveAs(xeroxPath + this.documentFileName);

app.alert("PDF is sent to the printer",3)

app.endPriv();

});

[Test Screen Name]

Glad you fixed it, but three backslashes is not a meaningful escape sequence.

[heresha93876846]

How do you mean, can you please explain in more details.

[Test Screen Name]

In a string "\\" means one backslash. You have that a lot. You have THREE. Why? I suspect you wanted to mean \\. But "\\\o" doesn't mean anything.

[try67]

To find the correct path syntax of a specific location put a PDF file in that folder, open it in Acrobat and then execute this code in the JS Console:

this.path;

It will output the file's full path. That's the path you need to put in your script.

[heresha93876846]

Thank you very much try67! This will be very useful when I develop the more advanced scripts that I am working on.