how to change printer presets on mac mojave

If the key doesn't exist, I believe set will fail. You can retreive the current setting with: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy .plist -c 'print :'Xerox B&W Letter 1-sided'.settings::XRAccountingUserID'Īnd you can set the code to 1234 with this /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy .plist -c 'set :'Xerox B&W Letter 1-sided'.settings::XRAccountingUserID 1234' In this example, the preset is named 'Xerox B&W Letter 1-sided'. a mix of single sided vs double sided and b&w vs color. I haven't devised exactly how I want to implement this, but the following commands could be used based on a login script or maybe a custom app that prompts the user for their code and makes the change for them. You specifically asked if there was a way to automate/script the programming in of accounting codes into a saved preset. Where to go from here? I see a few workarounds. Also been using Firefox instead of Safari because of this printing issue. I guess Acrobat Reader is a new requirement. It used to be one workaround was to do a pdf preview and then print from the Preview app, but now the preview app is locked up too. Apple's enforcement of this policy has been on an app level, starting with Safari and then branching out to others. I found the developer documentation that talked about deprecating the interface that allows these fancy third party drivers with executable code. ) and have spent many hours researching the issue.Īpple broke it. Hi all - I posted the original thread on this a few years back (.

How to change printer presets on mac mojave