Automatically printing a PDF that's sent to a desktop folder

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Hello and thanks everyone in advance for your help.

KM has been recommended as a better solution to OSX “Shortcuts.”

I need to setup an automatic printing shortcut. ie the application on a Windows VM, Parallels, generates a PDF file to a desktop folder on the Mac that is then printed to a destination printer.

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Try creating this simple macro. It may work. I don't have a printer right now, so I couldn't test it. I'm assuming you have only one printer installed.

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OOPS, instead of Display Progress, I meant Execute Shell Script. I think someone will correct me before I do. That was how I tested it without a printer.

Use this instead of Display Progress:

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Thanks. We have 8 printers on our network, and I’m just trying to print from a Windows application on a VM (Parallels) on an M4 Mac Mini, (Tahoe 26.1). It seems no one wants to write drivers that support ARM (Apple Silicon) under this scenario.

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I don't know much about VMs anymore, but you implied that you can write a file into the user's desktop folder. So try my solution. It may work. Tell me if it doesn't.

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Ok I understand - thank you.