automatically printing

[Pedroski55]

I do something like this, but on command, not automatically, to convert .xlsx files to pdf and then send them to the printer.

Apple computers use a Unix based system, I believe, so this script will send jpgs to the printer you designate.

A Linux programme incron uses inotify to monitor changes to a specific directory. Any time you put a photo in there, it can trigger the bash script below. Read this.

Not Python though!!

Output:
#! /bin/bash
# set your paths
JPGfiles="/home/pedro/temp/*.jpg"
backupPath='/home/pedro/backupJPGs/"
for X in $JPGfiles
do
    if test $X
    then
        echo "This is one of the files:"
        printf $X;
        echo "Now sending the file to the printer ... "
        # set your printer
        lp -d "EPSON-L380-Series" $X;
        # get rid of the jpg after sending to the printer
        # or move it to backupPath 
        # mv $X $backupPath
        echo "Junking the jpeg ... "
        rm $X;
    fi
done

Larz60+ write Jan-22-2022, 10:41 AM:
Using output tags, even though wrong title will format bash scripts properly.