Applescript: lpadmin command to set duplexing

Wanted to use LPADMIN command to turn on duplexing when I installed printers, I am using Generic PCL printer driver, version 1.3


First use this command to get options:

lpoptions -p printer_name -l

This returned:

PageSize/Media Size: *Letter Legal Executive Tabloid A3 A4 A5 B5 EnvISOB5 Env10 EnvC5 EnvDL EnvMonarch
Resolution/Resolution: *300dpi 600dpi
InputSlot/Media Source: *Default Tray1 Tray2 Tray3 Tray4 Manual Envelope
Duplex/2-Sided Printing: *None DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble
Option1/Duplexer: *False True
 

So need to add this to lpadmin commandline:

-o Duplex=DuplexTumble -o Option1=True 

Full statement is:

do shell script "/usr/sbin/lpadmin  -L 2nd-floor-library    
 -o printer-is-shared=false  -o Duplex=DuplexTumble -o Option1=True 
 -p  '2nd-floor-library' -v smb://testserver.someplace.edu/LAW228_HP600 -P   
 " & quoted form of (POSIX path of myFile) as text & "  " 

This does not make double sided printing the default, rather it makes sure the option is not grayed out, and that 2 sided printing can be selected.

Credential Manager in French: Gestionnaire d’informations

Helping a french student with a Windows laptop, was trying to find the "Credential Manager" via a search, it turns out it is called:

Gestionnaire d’informations

 

From MS Website   

Appending text to every cell in Excel spreadsheet

I needed to add same text to the end of every cell in one column:

• All your data is in column A (beginning at row 1).
• In column B, row 1, enter =A1&"THIS_TEXT_APPENDED"
• This will make cell B1 equal A1 with THIS_TEXT_APPENDED
• Now select cell B1 and drag from the bottom right of cell down through all your rows (this copies the formula and uses the corresponding column A value.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3179513/how-to-append-same-text-in-every-cell-in-ms-excel

Disk space on windows: Tree Size freeware

Here is a freeware program to quickly locate largest folders on a hard drive:

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Listing users on windows shared drive

Ran out of "connections" to a windows file share, logged into server and did the following:

To disconnect a user or all users from a shared folder or drive by using the Windows interface

1. Open Computer Management.
   
2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes.
   
3. In the console tree, click System Tools, click Shared Folders, and then click Sessions.
   
4. To disconnect all users, on the Action menu, click Disconnect all users. To disconnect a specific user, in the Details pane right-click the user name, and then click Close Session.
   

 

To disconnect a user or all users from a shared folder or drive by using a command line

1. To open an elevated Command Prompt window, click Start, point to All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
   
2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes.
   
3. Type:
   
   net session \\<computer> /delete
   

   For example, to disconnect a user on a computer named user_computer, which is connected to a shared folder that you are managing, type:
   
   net session \\user_computer /delete

   
   

From: MS Technet