how to repeat acrobat printing script

[General]

i am trying to write a script that will print my pdfs from my tiBook when i get back to my desk. for me, printing with batch commands often loses docs or the last page of docs as they are shoved through the printer all at once. so i want to print them one at a time in order. i can get the first one going, but how can i get the second one, etc?

property myFolder : (alias "My HD:Users:userName:Desktop:my to print folder:") -- the watched folder 


set myfiles to list folder myFolder without invisibles -- store list of items in folder without invisible files

set myfirstfile to ((myFolder as string) & item 1 of myfiles) as string -- get the name of the first file

set myFolder to myFolder as string -- ensure that myFolder holds path to the folder as string


tell application "Acrobat 5.0"
	activate -- bring up acrobat
	delay 5
	open alias myfirstfile -- acrobat opens that new file	
	delay 3
	
	tell application "System Events" --  to click the batch command 
		click menu item " Print Open File" of menu 1 of menu item "Batch Processing" of menu "File" of menu bar 1 of process "Acrobat 5.0"
		delay 10
	end tell
	
	tell application "Acrobat 5.0"
		activate -- bring up acrobat	
		tell application "System Events"
			tell process "Acrobat 5.0"
				keystroke "w" with command down --  closes the unwanted new document 
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

repeat with i from 2 to count of myfiles
end repeat

[jonn8]

Um, what? I don’t quite understand what you are doing. First, why are you using GUI scripting when Acrobat 5 is scriptable? Next, what you want to repeat has to go inside of the repeat block. Why are you designating a file as first and second? If you simply want to print out all PDFs in a folder, try this script (note you can modify the print options by uncommenting the line starting with “print pages” and setting the parameters to your needs):

set source_folder to (choose folder with prompt “Where are your PDFs?”) as string
–you can hard code the source_folder path if it’s always “path:to:folder:”
set the_files to my get_folder_list(source_folder, "PDF ", “pdf”)

tell application “Acrobat 5.0”
repeat with a_file in the_files
open (a_file as alias)
tell document 1
print pages –first 1 last -1 PS Level 1 with shrink to fit without binary output
close
end tell
end repeat
end tell

on get_folder_list(the_folder, file_type, file_extension)
set the_files to {}
tell application “Finder”
set folder_list to every file of folder the_folder
repeat with new_file in folder_list
try
set temp_file_type to file type of new_file
on error
set temp_file_type to “”
end try
set new_file to new_file as string
if file_type = temp_file_type or (new_file ends with file_extension) then set the_files to the_files & {new_file}
end repeat
end tell
return the_files
end get_folder_list

–this script was automatically tagged for
–color coded syntax by Script to Markup Code
–written by Jonathan Nathan

If I’m on my laptop but not connected to my printer, I open Print Center, stop jobs for my current printer, then run this script. When I am connected to my printer again, I open Print Center and start jobs.

Sorry if I was too harsh,
Jon

[General]

i got it repeating for each file in the folder; i also added a bit at the end to check for or create a ‘just printed’ folder on the desktop and then move the printed files into it.

property myFolder : (alias "MyHD:Users:userName:Desktop:my to print folder:") -- the watched folder 


set myfiles to list folder myFolder without invisibles -- store list of items in folder without invisible files

repeat with myfile in myfiles
	
	set mycurrentfile to ((myFolder as string) & (myfile as string)) as string -- get the name of the current file
	
	batchprint(mycurrentfile)
	
end repeat

on batchprint(mycurrentfile)
	
	tell application "Acrobat 5.0"
		activate -- bring up acrobat
		delay 5
		open alias mycurrentfile -- acrobat opens that new file	
		delay 3
		
		tell application "System Events" --  to click the batch command 
			click menu item " Print Open File" of menu 1 of menu item "Batch Processing" of menu "File" of menu bar 1 of process "Acrobat 5.0"
			delay 10
		end tell
		
		tell application "Acrobat 5.0"
			activate -- bring up acrobat	
			tell application "System Events"
				tell process "Acrobat 5.0"
					keystroke "w" with command down --  closes the unwanted new document 
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
	
	tell application "Finder" --  to move the printed file out 
		set x to (("myHD:Users:userName:Desktop:recently printed:") as text)
		if alias x exists then
			beep
		else
			make new folder at the desktop with properties {name:"recently printed"}
		end if
		move alias mycurrentfile to folder "recently printed"
	end tell
	
	
end batchprint