Folder script to print folder content automator

Hi,
I had a folder script that printed any document added to a folder and when printed, then it deleted the document. That script help me to print from an OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver) through OS X.
For I don't know the reason, the folder script does not work anymore. It could be Yosemite or my new iMac upgrade. Find out ? And Apple Script is far away in my mind ... so I am not really sure what is going wrong.
I would like to have the script to print from any folder it is assigned to, instead of applying to only one folder. Can you help ?   Here is the actual folder script:
property myPrinter : "HP_Officejet_8500" -- Le nom exact de l'imprimante est obtenu en faisant «lpstat -p» dans terminal.
property filesFolderName : "Nous/Documents/SheepShaver/Données/En impression" -- Déterminer le chemin du dossier contenant les fichiers à imprimer.
property fileStamp : ""
property theFilePath : ""
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving theseItems
          -- Définir le chemin du dossier contenant les fichiers à imprimer.
          set filesFolderPath to POSIX path of (path to users folder) & filesFolderName & "/"
          -- Pour chaque fichier dans le dossier ...
          repeat with i in theseItems
                   -- ... définir les informations du fichier; ...
                   set {name:fileName, name extension:fileExt} to info for i
                   -- ... définir l'estampe du fichier (date et l'heure), ...
                   --set fileStamp to do shell script "/bin/date +'('%d-%m-%y' '%HH%MM%S')'"
                   -- ... définir le chemin du fichier, ...
                   set theFilePath to quoted form of (filesFolderPath & fileName)
                   -- ... et enfin, l'imprimer sur l'imprimante choisie.
                   do shell script "usr/bin/lpr -P " & myPrinter & space & theFilePath
                   do shell script "/bin/sleep 10"
                   -- ... détruire le fichier imprimé.
                   do shell script "/bin/rm " & theFilePath
                   get theFilePath
          end repeat
end adding folder items to
Thanks in advance.
Robert Lespérance

You would think this would work, remember universal access - enable access must be on.
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell process "Finder"
keystroke "a" using command down
keystroke left using command down & option down
end tell
end tell
The Select All works, but the collapse all doesn't
CE Quickkey will do it with ease but that $80us a machine
http://www.cesoft.com/products/qkx.html
you could try the OS X scripting addition but it shareware and want money too and I don't know if it will work
http://osaxen.com/files/extrasuites1.1.html
Must be a free OS X scripting addition (osaxen) that does keystokes
good luck.

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