Determining printer options¶
Determining printer options¶
1# This example shows how to determine the default document properties
2# of a printer.
3
4
5# The IPrintOptions returned by the ICreator.print_options()
6# function contains the document properties of the default windows printer.
7
8# Setting the IPrintOptions.printer_name property loads the default document
9# properties for that printer.
10
11# Create a local variable for the output toolbox
12ot = impact.gui.output_toolbox
13
14drawing = impact.active_drawing
15
16
17def describe_print_options(opts):
18 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Printer: " + str(opts.printer_name))
19 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("ShowDialog: " + str(opts.show_dialog))
20 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Copies: " + str(opts.number_of_copies))
21 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Orientation: " + str(opts.orientation))
22 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("OneToOneScale: " + str(opts.one_to_one_scale))
23 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Colour: " + str(opts.colour))
24 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Source: " + str(opts.source))
25 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("IgnoreLineWeights: " + str(opts.ignore_line_weights))
26 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("IncreaseLineWeightsBy: " + str(opts.increase_line_weights_by))
27 if opts.report_settings is None:
28 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("ReportSettings: <None>")
29 else:
30 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("ReportSettings: " + str(opts.report_settings.full_name))
31 if opts.graphic_settings is None:
32 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("GraphicSettings: <None>")
33 else:
34 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("GraphicSettings: " + str(opts.graphic_settings.full_name))
35 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("PaperSize: " + str(opts.paper_size))
36 if opts.paper_size == ipPaperSize.psCustom:
37 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("PaperLength: " + str(opts.paper_length))
38 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("PaperWidth: " + str(opts.paper_width))
39 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("PaperSource: " + str(opts.paper_source))
40 impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Duplexing: " + str(opts.paper_duplex))
41
42
43# Clear the output toolbox
44ot.clear()
45
46if not drawing.isNone():
47 options = impact.creator.print_options()
48
49 ot.add("===== Default Printer Options =====")
50 describe_print_options(options)
51
52 ot.add("===== Specific Printer Options =====")
53 options.printer_name = "\\SCREAMER\\Canon S820"
54 describe_print_options(options)
55
56else:
57 ot.add("No impact.active_drawing")
58