RE: another Quark scripting question
RE: another Quark scripting question
- Subject: RE: another Quark scripting question
- From: "Wallace, William" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:51:01 -0600
>From: "Wadson, David" <email@hidden>
>
>Two of the few places I've seen a need for this is if you are
printing to a
>printer that supports variable widths of paper (like an
imagesetter), or
>creating a Postscript file (eg. for Acrobat Distiller). In those
cases,
>Quark will automatically adjust the height of the "paper" in the
resulting
>file.
Yeah, I'm trying to postscript Quark files here. So how will Quark
automatically
adjust the height of the "paper?" I mean according to what
algorithm, based on
what criteria? Will it always be a consistent amount? or will it
always go to
the next highest "standard" paper size? I have a printer that wants
our files
PDF'd to one inch larger than final trim size (half an inch all
around). What
I don't yet know is how fussy they are about that spec. I don't know
if we send
them files that are consistently one inch wider than trim, but
sometimes two
inches taller or an inch and a half taller, if they'll squawk.
>When a PPD file is selected for the typical laser printer, setting
the
>"paper width" usually isn't available. Instead the options are
controlled by
>"paper size" and what options are available for that particular
PPD. However
>I've had trouble getting Quark to properly select from the PPD's
available
>choices.
Oi... more bad news. The workaround I came up with is to alter the
Distiller PPD
to provide paper sizes according to my specs. What troubles have you
had getting
Quark to properly select from the available choices? Has anyone else
had trouble
Applescripting Quark's Print dialog (or is that a stupid question)?
What are the
pitfalls you encountered. Any tips or advice would be greatly
appreciated.
>From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
>
>On 6/12/02 8:09 AM +1000, Wallace, William,
email@hidden,
>wrote:
>
>> Why can I do this:
>>
>> tell application "QuarkXPress(tm) 4.11"
>> set print setup of document 1 to {paper width:"9.375\""}
>> get paper width of print setup of document 1
>> --> "9.375\""
>> end tell
>>
>> but I can't set the paper height in document 1's print setup?
>>
>> What is the f#@king point of that? What if I need to print to
>> an arbitrarily-sized sheet of paper, how can I use AppleScript
>> to set the paper height?
>
>Setting of paper width is only relevant for roll-fed devices, no
sheet-fed,
>and for roll-fed devices the length is automatic.
I know, it's just irritating to have script access to the paper
width setting,
but not paper height. Particularly when I can manually alter them
*both* through
Quark's print dialog box.
Somehow, it don't seem right.
;-}
-whw
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