PrinterInfo Object

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The PrinterInfo object provides information about a printer.

Members Table

The following table lists the members provided by the PrinterInfo object.

Members

Collections	Description
Jobs	Print jobs.
Properties	Description
Attributes	Printer attributes.
AveragePPM	Average number of printed pages per minute.
ChargeForPrinting	Whether printing is charged.
Comment	Brief printer description.
ConfirmJobs	Whether jobs must be confirmed.
Datatype	Name of the data type used to record a print job.
DefaultPriority	Default priority value assigned to each print job.
DriverName	Name of the printer driver.
Info	Information string.
JobCount	Number of print jobs.
KeepPrinterPausedOnQuit	Whether the pause status is kept when quitting.
LimitJobCount	Whether the number of simultaneous print jobs is limited.
LimitPageCount	Whether the number of pages per print job is limited.
Location	Name of the physical printer location.
MaxJobs	Maximum number of simultaneous print jobs.
MaxPages	Maximum number of pages per print job.
Parameters	Default print-processor parameters.
PortName	Printer port(s) used to transmit data.
Price	Price per page.
PrinterName	Name of the printer.
PrintProcessor	Name of the used print processor.
Priority	Priority value used by the spooler to route print jobs.
SepFile	Name of the file used to create the separator page.
ServerName	Name of the server controlling the printer.
ShareName	Name of the sharepoint for the printer.
ShowPrinterInDialog	Whether to show the printer in the SiteKiosk print dialog.
StartTime	Earliest time at which the printer will print a job.
Status	Current printer status.
UntilTime	Latest time at which the printer will print a job.
Methods	Description
GetJob	Returns a print job by ID.
PrintDocument	Prints a document by text or file path.

Remarks

This object is available through the collection Printers. Use the PrinterInfo object to receive information about a printer and its print jobs.

Note that the path of a file using SiteKiosk objects must be allowed in the
SiteKiosk configuration (Security -> Access -> URL's With Script Permission)
if it is not a browser skin file.

Examples

The following example displays the number of print jobs of the first available printer.

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> window.external.InitScriptInterface(); alert(SiteKiosk.Printer.Printers.Item(1).JobCount); </SCRIPT>

Applies to

SiteKiosk v6.2 (and later versions).

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