RE: automating PDF creation
RE: automating PDF creation
- Subject: RE: automating PDF creation
- From: "Wadson, David" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:17:48 -0400
Yes, the spooler is the easiest way to go as you can save the various driver
settings with that particular printer. The PPD and PDF options aren't hard
for Acrobat - all the options for resolution, paper width, etc. are easily
scriptable. I've never had problems with Distiller's hot folders. It will
save a log file in the "Out" folder if it has any problems and you can parse
those easily in a script. IMHO wouldn't it be easier to use Watched Folders
with different settings rather than trying to launch and quit Distiller to
change preference files?
Prefab Player works well for scripting the print dialog boxes. There's a
program or scripting addition called Okey Dokey that will automate dialog
boxes by automatically clicking the default button but I'm not sure how you
specify where the Postscript file would end up. Putting a default path into
the Postscript translator doesn't seem to really matter...
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From: Stockly, Ed
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Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:58 PM
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To: 'email@hidden'
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Subject: Re: automating PDF creation
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Instead you could setup a postScript spooler. This can be done using
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desktop printing, so that any pages sent to a selected desktop printer
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will generate postscript files. Then use something like PreFab Player to
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handle the dialog boxes.
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Another option is the 'save page as EPS command.' Before you try this you
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need to make sure all the photos are in the right place and have been
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updated or you'll have to deal with dialogs.
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I haven't been terribly happy with using the build in hot folders with
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Distiller. It's difficult to catch errors. Instead, I script the
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distilling, then have a script read the report generated and if it finds
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an error it moves the EPS/postScript to an error folder and quits and
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relaunches distiller.
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As for using a particular set of job options, I tried this a couple of
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years ago and it seemed to work: generate different job options and copy
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the preferences files for each one. Then when you want to use a
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particular set of options, quit distiller and replace the active prefs
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with the one for the options you want.
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HTH,
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ES
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