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Hi Luca,

Thanks for your posting regarding the Quark print settings in Applescript.

I've tried your suggestion but I still get the same problem, when I create a ps file manually the size is 532k, when I create one with the applescript the file size is 170mb?

Any other ideas would be appreciated. According to the Quark library I should be able to use 'OPI omit TIFF and EPS' in the PRINT line of the script.

print -- Print the specified object(s)

reference -- objects to print
[copies small integer] -- the number of copies to print
[cover page no / first page / last page] -- use a cover page
[OPI omit TIFF / omit TIFF and EPS / include images] -- OPI options
[paper source paper cassette / manual feed] -- paper tray
[plates list] -- list of plates to print
[PostScript file alias] -- file to print PostScript to
[print dialog boolean] -- Show the print dialog? (default is no)

Here's the code that does the printing, please excuse the commented stuff, it highlights the options I've tried.

tell document 1
set vertical measure to millimeters
set horizontal measure to millimeters
set MyDocWidth to width of bounds of current page as real
set MyDocHeight to height of bounds of current page as real

set properties of print setup to {printer type:"Prinergy Refiner", paper size:"custom", paper width:MyDocWidth + 50, paper height:MyDocHeight + 50, bleed:25 as millimeter units, orientation:portrait, page position:center position, print colors:composite CMYK, resolution:2400, halftone screen:175, print spreads:false, reduce or enlarge:"100%", registration marks:centered, include blank pages:true, paper offset:0 as point units, page gap:0 as millimeter units, separation:false, print thumbnails:false, back to front:false, page sequence:all pages, registration marks offset:12 as point units, data format:binary data}

(*
set include TIFF of OPI setup 1 to false
set include EPS of OPI setup 1 to false
*)

--set properties of OPI setup to {omit TIFF and EPS}

(*
tell OPI setup 1
set include TIFF to false
set include EPS to false
end tell
*)

end tell

-- Print the PostScript
set theOriginalName to name of front document

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "."
set theName to text item 1 of theOriginalName

set thePSfile to (ps_folder & theName & ".ps") as string

print front document PostScript file thePSfile copies 1 OPI omit TIFF and EPS without print dialog

delay 2
close front document saving no

This is just a section of the script which compiles ok, however the 'OPI omit TIFF and EPS' seems to be ignored.

I'm using Quark 6.52.

If anyone else has any ideas on why this could be failing I'd be grateful for their input.

Thanks in advance,

Nick

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-----Original Message-----
From: applescript-users-bounces+nick.hearn=email@hidden [mailto:applescript-users-bounces+nick.hearn=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Luca Pozzato
Sent: 27 November 2006 18:10
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Quark print query, help required, please...

this should answer your question...

set savepath to path to desktop as text

set savepath to savepath & "somename.ps" as string

tell application "QuarkXPress Passport"

tell document 1

set include TIFF of OPI setup 1 to false

set include EPS of OPI setup 1 to false

print (every page) PostScript file savepath

end tell

ciao

Luca

On Nov 27, 2006, at 6:17 PM, Nick Hearn wrote:

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Hi there,

I've written a script that batch prints a selection of Quark docs.

The script works fine apart from one small niggle, that being with the OPI settings.

According to the dictionary I should be able to set what I want to happen OPI wise.

[quote]print -- Print the specified object(s)

reference -- objects to print

[copies small integer] -- the number of copies to print

[cover page no / first page / last page] -- use a cover page

[OPI omit TIFF / omit TIFF and EPS / include images] -- OPI options

[paper source paper cassette / manual feed] -- paper tray

[plates list] -- list of plates to print

[PostScript file alias] -- file to print PostScript to

[print dialog boolean] -- Show the print dialog? (default is no)[/quote]

I've tried this a number of ways but I get an error saying that the command isn't recognised. I'm trying to set the OPI to 'omit TIFF and EPS'.

Please can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance,

Nick

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