Airprint.sh

#!/bin/bash

#core shell script/service to mirror Mac printers to Airprint


## Get Computername
ComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

## Get all bonjour printers for printers belonging to $ComputerName and print to file "/tmp/printerlist.txt"
dns-sd -B _ipp._tcp local | colrm 1 73 | grep -v 'Instance Name' | sort | uniq | grep ${ComputerName} > /tmp/printerlist.txt & sleep 1 & killall dns-sd

SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")

## List printers
printers=`cat /tmp/printerlist.txt`

## For each printer listed, Get the dns-sd full details and print them to file as titled by the printer name.
## Adds the urf format and "transparent=T binary=T" settings which I believe are needed

for i in $printers; do
dns-sd -L "$i" _ipp._tcp local | grep 'product=' | sed 's/\\//g' | sed "s@pwg-raster@urf URF=W8,SRGB24,CP255,RS300@g" | sed "s/$/ transparent=T binary=T/" | sed 's/note.*priority/note= priority/g' > /tmp/"$i" & sleep 0 &
killall dns-sd
done





for i in $printers; do
Options=`cat /tmp/"$i"`

dns-sd -R "$i" _ipp._tcp,_universal . 631 $Options & sleep 0 &

done



IFS=$SAVEIFS






#alias TheCommand="dns-sd -R "\"\$i"\" _ipp._tcp,_universal . 631 "$Options" & unalias TheCommand"

#for i in $printers; do
#Options=`cat "$i"`

#TheCommand 

#done



#IFS=$SAVEIFS



#for i in $printers; do
#Options=`cat "$i"`

#dns-sd -R "$i" _ipp._tcp,_universal . 631 $Options & sleep 0 &

#done