Re: Scripting Newbie
Re: Scripting Newbie
- Subject: Re: Scripting Newbie
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:41:26 -0700
Bryan,
Can 'PDF Printer' also be set up as a desktop printer so that it can be
selected by script?
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Paul Berkowitz
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From: Bryan <email@hidden>
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Organization: Apex Radiology
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Reply-To: email@hidden
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:34:34 -0400
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To: "John R. Head" <email@hidden>
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Cc: email@hidden, email@hidden
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Subject: Re: Scripting Newbie
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Have you tried Adobe's 'PDF Printer'?
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You can print directly to PDF from any app.
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Just set 'PDF Printer' in the Chooser and set
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the prefs like any other printer.
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Setting the PDF's file name, as it's created, is
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pretty easy using PreFab Player.
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If you want demo script for this, email me
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off list.
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Bryan Kaufman
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"John R. Head" wrote:
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> on 8/28/01 9:00 AM, email@hidden at email@hidden
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>> First Post. Newbie. Definitely not clueless, but very inexperienced.
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>> I'm looking for information to script the following process on a G3,
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>> OS9, 128MB using PageMaker 6.52 and Acrobat 4.05a...
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>> I have hundreds of PM Docs that I'd like to select, open and distill
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>> to PDF files in batch. I need to be able to have some interaction
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>> during the process to enter metadata into the title/author/keyword
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>> fields in distiller. I'm trying to avoid the tedious mouse clicks and
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>> keyboard strokes (OK, Save, Returns, PDF Options/Edit Info Buttons).
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>> Is this possible? Am I in the right place? I'm not a programmer, but I
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>> do understand the concept. I've recorded several snipits of code, but
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>> putting it all together is causing me a real headache. Suggestions?
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> I am not sure Pagemaker is very scriptable from the Applescript side, unless
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> they have changed in the last few years. But there is a book on Pagemaker
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> from Adobe regarding PageMaker's own scripting language, and I have a copy
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> if you want.
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> But also you could use Applescript to print to a set of PS files to have a
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> copy of Distiller to watch the folder where you print the files to.
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> John R. Head, CTO
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> Visionary Media Inc
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> www.visionary-media.com
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> 512-258-7311
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