CUPS.PrintData

Print a file to a printer or class on the default server.

Parameters

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

Result

Returns job number.

Description

Examples

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" )]

See also

• CUPS.PrintDataEncoding
• CUPS.PrintFile
• Text.ReplaceNewline
• Text.WriteTextFile

Example Databases

• CUPS/Print Data

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 2nd February 2021

CUPS.LastErrorMessage - CUPS.PrintDataEncoding