Re: orders being printed

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1998

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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, whichis scriptable enough to print the file on your default printer.The whole process only takes a few seconds and a couple context switches onyour server. You need an extra copy of BBedit to run on your server (orfrom somewhere else using File Sharing), but we had a spare copy, so itworks out great.One more way to skin the proverbial cat...Now, if only we had [listwords], we could generate pick tickets thatproperly 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:

Re: orders being printed (PCS Technical Support 1998)
Re: orders being printed (Dale LaFountain 1998)
Re: orders being printed (christer@ljusaideer.se (Christer Olsson) 1998)
Re: orders being printed (Peter Ostry 1998)
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, whichis scriptable enough to print the file on your default printer.The whole process only takes a few seconds and a couple context switches onyour server. You need an extra copy of BBedit to run on your server (orfrom somewhere else using File Sharing), but we had a spare copy, so itworks out great.One more way to skin the proverbial cat...Now, if only we had [listwords], we could generate pick tickets thatproperly 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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Re: orders being printed

1998

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