# system.print.createPrintJob auto print

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791 "2020-03-04T03:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yifeiliu08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbe5ce/32.png) [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791/1 "2020-03-04T03:03:23Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/596fcfed50dde84f2e81fcfaf45baaddd1c26964.png)

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1. Script  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/1fd88a2d4b6eb2732bdd2a4001b7e3b15d861f58.png)

job  
=system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘PrintLabel’))  
job.setPrinterName(‘Argox CP-3140L PPLB’)  
job.print()

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/92ece43ab795b628cfb0f5ebe2934a7176d76c56.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/7/79436cbba0f18af0d90cd4f6c354ebb80140006e.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/61c8901d4f248ce74b9fd34d72f3128b46e19334.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/5524a1a665d6901dbe8aa2f23dbab063a3119702.jpeg)

but if i create a automatically print without notification

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9fa2e148c0fcbb40f421c940b66ce3f6af9ae405.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/10e7badc8000646cedcec8fd56861a26e8523248.jpeg)  
it will appear many page  
i don’t know how to do this scripting if no reminder , that can print only 1 page.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791/2 "2020-03-04T12:24:14Z")

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Are you sure 10.14 inches is correct? If that is centimeters, you need to convert to inches.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791/3 "2020-03-04T12:34:54Z")

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In addition to your page size, you will need to take a look at margin settings. the default values are 0.75 inches, which doesn’t match the settings in the dialog box.

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**Author:** ![yifeiliu08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbe5ce/32.png) [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791/4 "2020-03-05T00:29:17Z")

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thanks for your input, after i transfer the data to the inches, it works

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**Author:** ![yifeiliu08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbe5ce/32.png) [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-print-createprintjob-auto-print/32791/5 "2020-03-05T00:30:14Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/d/d6f5c105ee10cec99bff3f79df0993ba404dbdf0.png)  
I have also set the setZoomFactor to 0.5 then it works ok