Illustrator query...

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#1

Hi there,
Is there anyone that can point me in the right direction with this Illustrator query?

I have a number of illustrations I want to open a re-save in Illustrator.
The artboard size for each illustration is 44x16mm and the illustration itself extends beyond the edges of the artboard.

Here’s my script so far:-

set theFiles to choose file with prompt "Select the files" of type {"eps"} with multiple selections allowed

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	repeat with theFile in theFiles
		open theFile without dialogs
		save current document in theFile as eps with options {embed all fonts:true, include document thumbnails:true, PostScript:level 2}
		close current document
	end repeat
end tell

If I run this script it works apart from one slight niggle.

When the re-saved graphics are imported into Quark the you only see the part of the illustration that falls within the artboard?
However if I open the illustration manually, and re-save it, the graphic is fine when i import it into Quark, you can see the part of the illustration that extends beyond the edges of the artboard? :confused:

I’m not sure what i should be setting to show the whole illustration, uncropped, in Quark.

Can anyone help please.

Thanks,

Nick

#2

Nick, I don’t use Quark these days nor do I like *.eps but any reason why you don’t change the artboard size.

If you are opening older *.eps files then there are open options to handle artboard behaviour.

It may be that you have use artboard checked on when using the GUI.

#3

I also don’t use Quark, InDesign all the way. But does Quark have “image import options”? Like InDd does? When you import a graphic you can set whether you show the artboard, the bleed bounds, the art box, trim box, etc (depending on file type).

#4

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the help with this query, I’ll give the suggestions a try.
Couldn’t understand what the difference was between manually saving the documents and scripting the save, I was getting different results?

Thanks once again,

Nick