Scripting Script to ask which Printer to use

[elgato74]

Dear All,


I am running a batch action that prints all opened documents. I have several printers, so ideally it would ask me which printer I want to use before executing the action.

Can this be done with a script ? So ideally, I would click Automate > Batch > Play > "Print All" and then it would ask which printer ...

Thank you !

Felix

 

[Paul MR]

Printer functions by script are very limited, also trying to print via script in certain versions of Photoshop will crash. So I don't script any printer functions execpt one and thats:-
app.activeDocument.printOneCopy();

 

[elgato74]

Hi there Paul


Oh - I thought this would be easy.

If i hit CTRL+P it gives me the prompt to chose the printer. Can this prompt not be done with a script prior to the action ? I tried to record the action, but it simply wont give me the prompt ...

 

[Paul MR]

Sorry no. The print routines are very restricted and most of the time do not work at least up to CS6 (my latest version). So I don't know if anything has improved with CC versions.