----- Original Message ---- > From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > On May 26, 2011, at 5:31 PM, glen wrote: > > > Sooo, the QUESTION: is there any Mac software that will sniff out the .tiff > > docs and send them to my high speed commercial digital copier and allow me >to > > print the 3000 pages without having to open each tiff file separately to to > > print it. Or is this just another Mico$oft "I got'cha". > > > tiff files are not "microsoft" files. You can use the OS X command line to >achieve this. > > see <http://www.mcelhearn.com/2004/12/08/printing-from-the-command-line/> > > Yes you should be able to do what you want; but it will take some unix > chops.
>The find command is your friend. > > So the concept is 'find all the files like *.0001- *.0300 on the CD' and > send >them to the lp command specifying the high-speed printer.' > > the find command should be able to do this. Hopefully someone with better >unix command-line skills can manage this. > Yes the "Find Command"! I did not need to use command-line -- one day I will need to learn more unix. I just used the Cmd-F in Finder. The first six letters of all the files to be printed are the same and unique. The result was a list of 3431 subfolders and 3431 .tif files (one in each subfolder). Why does commerical M$ scanner software put each scan in a subfolder -- ahh, never mind it's M$. Then I refined the search from Kind->Any to Kind->Images and that gave me a list of the 3431 .tif's. Now I can select as many files as I want to print by clicking on the first and scrolling down the list while holding the shift and clicking on the last. Or I could hit cmd-A to select all 3431 files -- didn't do that. Then I dragged the selected batch into the desk top printer Icon and they print away in the background. I could still use Mac DA for all other work or browsing or checking emails. Wow! Also switched commercial digital copier/printers from a B/W Canon IR8070 to a color IRC3220 (in B/W mode) with a faster RIP this increased speed to 4 prints/min. Generally these machines produce 30 to 80 copies/min but these small (60kb) .tif scans really slow things down. Of course I could use both machines at the same time but really needed to keep one available for other work. Most multi-page documents (.pdf's or even M$ Word docs) print at the usuall 30 to 80 page/minute even if they large color files. I wonder why these small B/W .tif scans take so long? Oh well got 1200 pages printed today only 2200 more to go :-). And worked out a deal with the law firm on cost, so I'm good. Thanks Bruce, --glen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
