Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: CUPS.PrintDataEncoding

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CUPS.PrintDataEncoding

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

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
CUPS	6.3	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	No

MBS( "CUPS.PrintDataEncoding"; Printer; Data; Encoding { ; Title; Options } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Printer The name of the printer. "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"

Encoding The text encoding for data.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. "UTF-8"

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

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Printer	The name of the printer.	"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"
Encoding	The text encoding for data. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.	"UTF-8"
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 OK or error.

Description

Print a file to a printer or class on the default server.
With \xx you can embed any character in the text.
\t gives a tab, \n a LF, \r a newline.

Examples

Sends some data in Windows encoding:

Set Variable [$data; Value:"Hello World.¶Tägliche Grüße!"]
Set Variable [$data; Value:MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $data; 3 )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; $data; "/tmp/test.txt"; "Windows" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "CUPS.PrintDataEncoding"; "Brother_DCP_8085DN"; $data; "Windows"; "Test Print" )]

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.3pr4

Created 20th June 2016, last changed 20th June 2016

CUPS.PrintData - CUPS.PrintFile