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Printer Toner

This script will keep your printer running by using an assembler to ensure that you have a minimum stock level of components. It can display this stock level, including production, on any screens. It will consider any inventories or screens on its own grid, or any sub-grid that is attached by rotors, hinges or pistons.

Installation

Simply copy the script into the Edit area of your programmable block, and enable it.

Configuration

By default, all assemblers and survival kits found might be used by the script. To limit this, you can mark assemblers as being available to the script, and the script will only look at using those. Simply put an empty Printer section into its Custom Data:


If you wish to configure a screen to be used by this script, add a Printer section to its Custom Data. You can also configure some of the screen's behaviour:


All of those options are optional.

• changing display will cause another screen on the block (such as sci fi button panels, cockpits, etc) to be used. Only one display per block can be configured at present.
  
• changing scale will resize the screen elements.
  
• setting skip will cause the display to skip over the first n lines, where n is the number you typed in.
  
• mono can be true or false. If true, the font will be changed to the Monospace font for displaying numbers.

As of version 1.3, an alternative configuration layout can also be used if you need to configure more than one display on the same block, such as in a cockpit or on a button panel. The [printer] heading is replaced by [printer_display𝑛] where 𝑛 is the screen number.

You can also configure the script itself by adding a Printer section to the Custom Data of the Programmable Block:

Again, the options are optional. The delay option (default 3) configures how frequently the script will check out your inventory. For the fastest operation, set it to 0. This option helps with server load and game performance in general.

Putting this section in place will cause the screen on the Programmable Block to be configured as well. All of the options for a display (see above) are valid. If you do not wish the script to control the display, set display to 2, which is a non-existent screen on the programmable block.

Arguments

If run with the argument rebuild, the script will schedule a complete re-scan of the grid and its sub-grids for changes to inventories and changes to screens. It will also re-save the Custom Data configuration.

Configuring the Components to be built

When first run, and when run with the rebuild argument, the Custom Data section of the Programmable Block will be modified to include a Components section, with any components that were already found in any inventory. If you wish to add other components, simply place one into an inventory, or attempt to assemble one. The Components configuration will by default be set to 0; simply edit the Custom Data and enter the number of components that you wish to have on hand. The script will check this, and will update the assembler and the displays.