About Printing Text from Python Script

You can send "Hello, World!" to your default printer on MacOS using this code:

import os
import subprocess
text = "Hello, World!"
output = subprocess.check_output(
    ["lpstat", "-d"]
).decode("utf-8").strip()
default_printer = output.split(":")[1].strip()
os.system(f'echo "{text}" | lpr -P {default_printer}')

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