Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
- Subject: Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
- From: Steve Kump <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 11:00:51 -0500
Thanks Paul,
That seems to have eliminated the problem, but the production fellow here
told me the reason they removed the printer name in the first place was that
the script changes the output from Composite RBG to Composite CMYK when you
specify the name of the printer. (I'm not a Quark guy, so this isn't my area
of expertise)
Apparently, the Quark template files are saved with PPD options set
accordingly, such as output set to Composite RGB. When the script runs, if
the printer name is specified in the script, it switches back to the default
Composite CMYK and the colors are inaccurate. If the printer isn't
specified, it is supposed to use the currently selected/saved printer with
those settings, which is usually does. Sometimes, however, it screws up and
returns an error.
Apparently, the output options cannot be scripted because they vary from PPD
to PPD...is this true?
Thanks!
Steve Kump
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From: paul mccabe kampu <email@hidden>
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Organization: Kalsea Lane
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Reply-To: email@hidden
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Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 23:42:34 -0400
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To: Steve Kump <email@hidden>, as <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Print Setup problems in Quark
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Steve Kump wrote:
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> set print setup of document 1 to {orientation:"Landscape", paper
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> size:"11x17"}
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> print document 1
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<SNIP>
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> Anything special I should know about scripting print settings in Quark that
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> might eliminate this?
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It will help to first tell Quark what you're printing to...
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then the orientation and paper size.
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Something like this...
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tell document 1 of application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
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set print setup to {printer type:"Generic B&W"}
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--change "Generic B&W" to the ppd of you're printer
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set print setup to {orientation:landscape, paper size:"11x17"}
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end tell
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hth
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--
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Paul
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http://homepage.mac.com/pkampu/ (*not for the faint of heart*)
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"No, TRY not. do or do not. There is no TRY." --Yoda(on error handling)
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