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Hot folder action! The jokes write themselves.

Takes the name of the folder it is attached to and sends received items to the
 corresponding printer.

How to: Find a place to keep a folder that is named as the printer ID (not the name), which
 can be found using 'lpstat -v', or seen in the cups web interface, or as "Device name"
 in the GUI printer settings, and attach this script to it as a Folder Action. The run handler
 is here just for testing, but could be set-up to send files selected in the Finder.

I keep my hot folders in a child folder of the Desktop, so it's fairly convenient to drop
 items into. If dropping isn't your bag, you could place the hot folder in ~/Library/PDF Services,
 or write a seperate script or workflow in PDF Services to have the best of both worlds. 
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on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
	my do_thing(these_items, this_folder)
end adding folder items to

on run
	set this_folder to (choose folder)
	set these_items to {}
	tell application "System Events" to set these_items to every item of (this_folder)
	my do_thing(these_items, this_folder)
end run

on do_thing(these_items, this_folder)
	repeat with i in these_items
		set i to quoted form of POSIX path of (i as alias) -- Undo this and the shell scripting if you want to try the "System Events" route.
		set _script to "lp -d " & name of (info for this_folder) & " " & i & "; mv " & i & " ~/.Trash/"
		--log _script --for debuging
		do shell script _script
		--		tell application "System Events" to print i with properties {target printer:this_printer} -- Bugged. Does not work. *smh*
	end repeat
end do_thing