Re: Print to PDF
Re: Print to PDF
- Subject: Re: Print to PDF
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:00:03 -0500
On 5/20/04 12:23 AM, "David Crowe" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Yes, it's very odd that AppleScript doesn't provide a simple way to
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print to PDF. It would be so very useful too!
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I can script just about anything but the best I can do with PDF is
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bring up a print dialog and hope that the person (usually me)
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remembers to save to PDF ... and with the right file name too.
Applescript normally wouldn't. That's not it's job. The problem is, prior to
panther, there was no real way to control the print event.
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http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2082.html> provides an
"improved" print event, but it doesn't.bloody.allow.print.to.bloody.file!!!!
GAH.
You're going to have to use some lower level workarounds. I recommend using
macps2pdf for the final stage, as you can get FAR better output than Quartz
PDFs anyway..
john
--
You're about as sharp as a marble
Matt Broman
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