66. selectPrinter
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## 66. selectPrinter

Parameter syntax:

    [ format [ printer_name ]? ]?

This command is only useful to write interactive macro commands.

Displays a printer chooser dialog box that may be used to select a printer and configure the print job. This command does not work on a Mac with a Java™ 1.4 runtime.

format

  Mime type of the document to be printed. Example: `application/vnd.hp-PC`.

  The following short names are also supported: `ps` (`application/postscript`), `pdf` (`application/pdf`), `pcl` (`application/vnd.hp-PCL`).

printer_name

  Name of a printer supporting format `format`. If this name is not specified, the dialog box displays the last selected printer supporting this format.

Without a parameter, the dialog box displays last selected PostScript® printer (that is, default parameter is "`ps`").

Examples:

    selectPrinter
    selectPrinter ps
    selectPrinter "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
    selectPrinter application/postscript lp23

Command `selectPrinter` returns a string using this syntax: `printer_name` '`->`' `format`. Example: "`My Color Printer->application/postscript`".

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