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Re: printing PDF files


  • Subject: Re: printing PDF files
  • From: Rosemary Cantrell <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:17 -0600

David, I'm not a script writer, but I really like scripts and am
always trying to figure out what works and doesn't.  I have a script
that tells my InDesign file to create a PDF.  I noticed that in the
export command it says "without showing options".  Could that be added
to your print line?

Hope it helps.
-Rosie

			tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
				launch -- always use with Folder Actions
				set this_image to open file (source_file as string)
				-- remove dashes to activate dialog hooks
				--display dialog "Please choose format:" buttons {"Screen", "Print"}
				tell PDF export preferences to set page range to all pages
				export this_image format PDF type to target_path using "XXX Press
PDF" without showing options
				close this_image saving no
			end tell


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM, David DuBois <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to write a folder action that will print any pdf that is dropped
> into it. It basically works except that I cannot get it past the print
> dialog, even with a systems event to press the print key. If I use the
> system event by itself with an open print dialog, it will press the print
> key, but when I include it in a larger script, it stops working.
>
> What I have is basically:
>
> on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
>     tell application "Finder"
>         try
>             repeat with this_item in added_items
>                 set PDFname to the name of file this_item
>                 tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
>                     activate
>                     open PDFname
>                     print PDFname without shrink to fit
>                     tell application "System Events"
>                         tell process "Acrobat"
>                             click button "Print" of window "Print"
>                         end tell
>                     end tell
>                     close document PDFname saving no
>                 end tell
>             end repeat
>         end try
>
>     end tell
> end adding folder items to
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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