Re: Applescripting Preview or print to pdf for pdf creation
Re: Applescripting Preview or print to pdf for pdf creation
- Subject: Re: Applescripting Preview or print to pdf for pdf creation
- From: Gary Lists <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:47:17 -0400
On or about 7/22/03 9:50 PM, Rob Short wrote:
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Does anyone have a way to applescript Preview.app for pdf creation? I
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noticed it doesn't seem to be scriptable. Alternatively, a folder
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action with a loop script via print to pdf would be nice.
Sounds good. Let me know when you've got it working. ;-)
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I need to
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change large numbers of jpegs of calendars into pdf's. I have not had
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much success to this point and was hoping for a pointer or two.
Options...
1. Use Distiller's 'watch folder' option; print your JPEG's to EPS into that
folder (scriptable by any half-dozen means) and let Distiller do the rest
automatically. [That's how I do it, on OS9.]
2. Use PDF Writer to get (larger than desired but perfectly useable) PDF's
from JPEGs.
3. Load all jpegs to your server, use PHP GD lib to make PDF's.
4. There is (I hear) some OSX widget which will make PDF.
5. Install PHP and the GD lib tools on your OSX machine and do it there.
6. Use Adobe PS/IR to batch process them all into EPS and/or PDF (depending
on the version of Adobe image software you have.)
7. ? ...
--
Gary
MacOS 9.1 / "9 is Fine"
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