how to automate a daily print

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As an infrequent user of my Canon s450 I'd like to print a few lines of
text each day to stop the inks drying up.
I thought of maybe having a Word file with an autoexec macro moving the
lines down each time so I don't have to waste a whole sheet of paper.
Anyone done this type of thing? I know if I can't automate it from the
desktop I'll forget to do it.
Thanks for any ideas.
 
cheapskate said:
As an infrequent user of my Canon s450 I'd like to print a few lines of
text each day to stop the inks drying up.
I thought of maybe having a Word file with an autoexec macro moving the
lines down each time so I don't have to waste a whole sheet of paper.
Anyone done this type of thing? I know if I can't automate it from the
desktop I'll forget to do it.
Thanks for any ideas.
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MIS Associates (www.inksupply.com) have a utility you can get that
allows you to set a scheduled print out a chosen file.

http://inksupply.info/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=25

It's easy to setup (read the instructions!) and I've been using it for a
school with no problems..

You do however need to have your machine on when the schedule is set to
run.. Oh and paper in the printer ;)
 
Thanks Martin. I'll take a look, but I can never predict when the PC
will be turned on, and I'm bound to miss the schedule :-)
This might force me to learn how to do batch files, which I guess I
could just run from the desktop
 
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