I have a label printer, and a normal printer. I have scripting that takes care of most things, but can not get the print setup working.. I set it up, print one thing, go back in to script maker and replace to current settings, to be sure it is restoring the right thing.

And it does not remember, and ideas????

Use two separate scripts, one for the label printer and one for the normal printer.

I have that, one I use Print Setup for the label printer, and the other I use for the normal printer.

So I script this:

Go to Layout (Normal Page)

Perform script (Print Setup for normal printer)

Print

Go To Layout (Label)

Perform Script (Print Setup for Lable Printer)

Print

What I get, because the last time I printed, is everything on the label printer..

Any Ideas?

Manually print to the normal printer, then open the script "Print setup for normal printer" in ScriptMaker. Click OK, and you will be prompted to "Keep the information already saved for this script/Replace it with the information currently in use." For Print Setup, select Replace, and then click OK.

Now try your main script again.

HTH,

Jerry

All right I did that with both scripts.

Printed manually to the reg. printer. Scriptmaker, replace.

Printed manually to label printer. Scriptmaker, replace.

Now I get everything on the regulare printer. I have tried many many times.

Quick update.

If I go in to Print Setup, switch it there, then print manually, replace in scriptmaker. It takes, butit takes the other one along with it.

Both scripts should have Print Setup and Print steps. The Print step's settings are tied to Print Setup's settings. So Print won't retain the settings by itself.

Yup, thats what I have

Script 1

Go to layout 1

Print Setup(Restore, No Dialog) 'regular printer

Print

Perfrom Script 2

Script 2

Go to layout 2

Print Setup (Restore, No Dialog) ' Label Setup

Print

I had them in the same script, but that did not work either.

Only one Print Setup, Sort, Import, Export, etc. can be saved per script in versions under 7. So it makes sense that having them both in the same script would not work. You may need to use a plug-in for changing printers. I put a button on a preferences layout that only has a Print Setup step to allow users to change their default printer before performing a particular report.

here is what I find really goofy

If I do each script set separate, run 1, then run the next manually.

It defaults back to the last one you chose.

It seems the print setup feature does not work in Filemaker 5.5

Yes, if you run a manual setup, it will default to the last performed setup. This is normal behavior. If you run a manual print, it doesn't change the default setup. Only a manually performed Print Setup will change the default settings.

If you want to change the settings in your scripts, you have to perform a manual setup and print, then open the approrpiate script, click OK and 'Replace' the setup. Then perform a different setup and print, open your second script, and do the same.