Re: Referencing the Print window in InDesign
Re: Referencing the Print window in InDesign
- Subject: Re: Referencing the Print window in InDesign
- From: Brett Conlon <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:14:04 +1100
Bugger, I knew I should have explained
myself more in the first email. ;-D
Yeah, I've set all the print preferences
but I see now from Bruce's reply how to access the print "properties"
record - similar to how it's done in Quark. I tried and tried to find info
on print properties on the web but couldn't find anything so I've set the
print preferences the long way:
tell
myDoc
tell
print preferences
of
theDoc
set
printer
to
"Adobe PDF"
set
trapping
to
"off"
--GENERAL
set
copies
to
1
set
page range
to
PagesQ
set
print spreads
to
false
set
sequence
to
all
set
print nonprinting
to
false
set
print blank pages
to
true
set
print guides grids
to
false
--SETUP
set
paper size
to
PaperSize
if
PaperSize
= "Custom" then
set
paper width
to
newWidth
set
paper height
to
newHeight
end
if
set
print page orientation
to
paperOrient
set
scale proportional
to
true
set
scale mode
to
ScaleMode
set
scale height
to
100
set
page position
to
centered
set
thumbnails
to
false
set
tile
to
false
--MARKS
& BLEED
set
all printer marks
to
true
set
bleed marks
to
false
set
mark line weight
to
p25pt
set
mark offset
to
"2.5mm"
set
use document bleed to print
to
true
set
include slug to print
to
false
--OUTPUT
set
color output
to
SepsComp
set
simulate overprint
to
SimOPrint
--GRAPHICS
set
send image data
to
all image data
set
font downloading
to
complete
set
PostScript level
to
level 3
--COLOR
MANAGEMENT
set
source space
to
use document
--ADVANCED
set
flattener preset name
to
"[Medium Resolution]"
set
OPI image replacement
to
false
end
tell
end
tell
Admittedly it looks a little cleaner
one line each preference but I'll probably go with Bruce's option.
What I'm trying to achieve with activating
the Print window is to then activate Apple's Print window (by pressing
the "Printer..." button) so I can set the PDF Options menu to
the correct Distiller setting. We have a specific setting for our Pre-Press
dept. I have set it up like this (printing to PDF) so the PDF will include
the page's crop marks & file name/date.
But, you know, I've just had a look
in InDesign's Export to PDF window and have just noticed that there are
marks settings in there too - this is great! Our studio is in the process
of moving over from Quark so InD is a little newish to me.
So, for now I won't need to access Apple's
Print window for creating PDF files. However, when I update my Xerox Splash
RIP script to include InDesign I will have the same need - to access Apple's
Print window so that I can change the presets depending on what is needed
at the Splash RIP (eg. duplexing, thick stock, colour management etc.).
So if anyone still knows how to reference InDesign's "Print"
window, I'd still appreciate the advice.
I'm off to the InDesign dictionary to
learn how to reference the Export to PDF preferences. 8-)
Thanks Shane & Bruce for making
me think this through a little harder for a better PDF solution!
Cheers,
Cojcolds
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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On 11/7/07 5:39 PM, "Brett Conlon" <email@hidden>
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> I'm having trouble referencing the "Print" window of InDesign.
And I'm having trouble understanding why you'd want to. Is there something
you can't get at directly via scripting, without recourse to the interface?
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>
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