Re: need help printing from quark
Re: need help printing from quark
- Subject: Re: need help printing from quark
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:40:27 EDT
In a message dated 10/22/2002 8:23:18 PM Peter Kincaid writes:
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> OS9.1 Quark 4.11
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> I am trying to script printing to a postscript file from quark.
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> I am unable to change my "printer description" as well as script the
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print
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> to file part.
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> any help would be appreciated
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> pete
Pete....this is my cue to say that you should get your boss to spring for
MadeToPrint a Quark xtension that allows you to create print styles, which
include links to specific printers, and then call them from an applescript.
It's a little pricey, but it eliminates all the hassle of scripting the quark
print setup record, which has always been something of a moving target. MTP
is by callas software.
With or without MadeToPrint, printing to file can be a challenge because its
sometimes hard to control where the file ends up. I don't know all the whys
and wherefores, but a trick that worked for us was to set up a network print
spooler, instead of a folder, to capture the postscript stream and save it
to a file.
HTH
Robert Kyle
Star Tribune
Minneapolis
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