Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
- Subject: Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
- From: paul mccabe kampu <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 22:55:50 -0400
- Organization: Kalsea Lane
Steve Kump wrote:
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Thanks Paul,
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That seems to have eliminated the problem, but the production fellow here
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told me the reason they removed the printer name in the first place was that
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the script changes the output from Composite RBG to Composite CMYK when you
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specify the name of the printer. (I'm not a Quark guy, so this isn't my area
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of expertise)
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Apparently, the Quark template files are saved with PPD options set
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accordingly, such as output set to Composite RGB. When the script runs, if
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the printer name is specified in the script, it switches back to the default
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Composite CMYK and the colors are inaccurate. If the printer isn't
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specified, it is supposed to use the currently selected/saved printer with
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those settings, which is usually does. Sometimes, however, it screws up and
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returns an error.
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With all due respect to a fellow "production fellow": "what" you change
in a set-up and "when" you change it is all important (It's that
hierarchical/connections/cause and effect/domino thingy). I believe the
script (actually just one line) below will fix your problem.
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Apparently, the output options cannot be scripted because they vary from PPD
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to PPD...is this true?
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Partly.
You manually have 4 options:
"Black & White", "Grayscale", "Composite CMYK" or "Composite RGB".
or (depending on the PPD) 2 options:
"Black & White" or "Grayscale".
They cannot be "exactly" scripted, but they can be "kind of" scripted.
I've only tested this with the "Generic Color" PPD.
tell document 1 of application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
set print setup to {printer type:"Generic Color"}
--or try Acrobat Distiller 3.0 (or whatever you have!?!)
set print setup to {print colors as grays:false}
--this line above is the important one
end tell
Before running the above script, I set the "Printer Description:" to
"Generic Color" and "Print Colors:" to either "Black & White" or
"Grayscale" or "Composite CMYK".
When the script was run the "Print Colors:" option ended up at
"Composite RGB" every time. Go figure. Let me know how it goes.
hth
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Paul
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