10.4: Remove yellow from the Print Supplies button

May 11, '05 08:38:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Tiger only hintOne of the most annoying "features" of 10.4 is the new Supplies button in the Print dialog that spams the user to buy ink from Apple. When the system detects diminishing supplies, it highlights the button an eye-catching yellow, as seen at right. This hint disables the yellow highlighting, leaving the functionality intact, but giving the user a more peaceful experience.

Note that this hint mucks about with a system framework, thus follow at your own risk.

In the terminal, enter

$ cd /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/Print.framework/
Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintingCocoaPDEs.bundle/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
$ sudo mv YellowPushBtn_Normal.tiff YellowPushBtn_Normal.tiff_
$ sudo mv YellowPushBtn_Pressed.tiff YellowPushBtn_Pressed.tiff_
By adding the underscores, the system won't be able to find the yellow versions, and the normal button will remain. Replace English.lproj with your localization, and enjoy a slightly less intrusive Print dialog. You can copy the files back to their original names if you want to restore the default behavior.

[robg adds: I haven't noticed this button yet; it seems neither of my printers report their status. So I added the screenshot of the button just so you can see how really bright it is...]

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