My First Post!
Print PDF, TXT, JPG, GIF, & PNG in Mac OS 9, using a networked Mac OS X Computer. Applescript in development now!
My test setup uses Mac OS 9 and Snow Leopard on 2 different machines. But, I'm sure it will work even with a Mac Plus running 7.1+ (with SharewayIP) networked to a new Mac running El Capitan, through an ethernet router. The older mac is always the server.
Appleshare was removed from Mac OS X starting with 10.6*, making standard forms of Networking and printer sharing not work anymore. Snow Leopard (10.6) and newer versions of Mac OS can connect to Mac OS 9 as a client through tcp/ip. I wanted to automate the Mac OS X client machine to check the Networked folder (on OS 9) periodically and print what was inside, then delete that file.
I have been writing an applescript to do this, since Mac OS X's folder actions weren't working properly since the folder was on a server.
My Test Setup:
Power Macintosh 8600 w/ Powerlogix 350Mhz upgrade
running Mac OS 9.2.2
Mac Mini 2006 2.0Ghz Core2Duo
running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (fresh install)
A router (not completely necessary, but nice to have one for this)
I don't have any programming experience, but I've been on another forum perfecting this script with the help on someone else. I haven't ironed out all the bugs yet, but it's already working and printing automatically. It may not be the most elegant solution, and it only prints one file per minute. But I'm always open to help making this better, because I'm not an expert at all. But I am determined to make my Power Macintosh print on my modern work printer, and to share the results.
I'll post the full tutorial and download when I'm finally done.
Please let me know if this sounds cool, or if there is already a way to do this that I didn't know about. Also any input would be awesome about how to improve my script.
Once I'm done testing this with Mac OS 9, then I will begin testing with System 7.5.3
*10.5 had appleshare, but only for talking to some printers (from my research)
Thanks
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