Re: orders being printed

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17556
interpreted = N
texte = >>(Natalie) >>>I wonder if it's possible to make arriving orders to be printed >>>automatically the moment they arrive at the Orders folder, at local or >>>remote printer. >> >>That is a local action and has to be set up on your machine with >>AppleScript or somethin else. >>But an idea for a workaround: What about fax? WebCat could send the orders >>to a local fax machine (email-to-fax). If you are working with Mac's you >>can get a fax server from Stalker Software for $100. > >Even better for local use is to use Stalkers Print module (email-to-print). > >Emailer sends the mail to Communigate (the name of Stalker's software) >which routes it directly to a printer. >We use webcat to generate a pick ticket and save the output to a file. Then we use an embedded [applescript] to hand the file off to BBEdit, which is scriptable enough to print the file on your default printer.The whole process only takes a few seconds and a couple context switches on your server. You need an extra copy of BBedit to run on your server (or from somewhere else using File Sharing), but we had a spare copy, so it works out great.One more way to skin the proverbial cat...Now, if only we had [listwords], we could generate pick tickets that properly wrapped long titles at word breaks instead mid word... Sigh.Good luck.-Dale ________________________ ___________________________ | Dale LaFountain | mailto:dalel@dhorse.com | | MIS Director,WebMaster | http://www.dhorse.com/ | | Dark Horse Comics, Inc.| Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 | \________________________|___________________________/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: orders being printed (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Re: orders being printed (Dale LaFountain 1998)
  3. Re: orders being printed (christer@ljusaideer.se (Christer Olsson) 1998)
  4. Re: orders being printed (Peter Ostry 1998)
  5. orders being printed (natasha 1998)
>>(Natalie) >>>I wonder if it's possible to make arriving orders to be printed >>>automatically the moment they arrive at the Orders folder, at local or >>>remote printer. >> >>That is a local action and has to be set up on your machine with >>AppleScript or somethin else. >>But an idea for a workaround: What about fax? WebCat could send the orders >>to a local fax machine (email-to-fax). If you are working with Mac's you >>can get a fax server from Stalker Software for $100. > >Even better for local use is to use Stalkers Print module (email-to-print). > >Emailer sends the mail to Communigate (the name of Stalker's software) >which routes it directly to a printer. >We use webcat to generate a pick ticket and save the output to a file. Then we use an embedded [applescript] to hand the file off to BBEdit, which is scriptable enough to print the file on your default printer.The whole process only takes a few seconds and a couple context switches on your server. You need an extra copy of BBedit to run on your server (or from somewhere else using File Sharing), but we had a spare copy, so it works out great.One more way to skin the proverbial cat...Now, if only we had [listwords], we could generate pick tickets that properly wrapped long titles at word breaks instead mid word... Sigh.Good luck.-Dale ________________________ ___________________________ | Dale LaFountain | mailto:dalel@dhorse.com | | MIS Director,WebMaster | http://www.dhorse.com/ | | Dark Horse Comics, Inc.| Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 | \________________________|___________________________/ Dale LaFountain

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