Output postscript from Quark6

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#1

I know that this issue has been covered, but I can’t seem to find a solution on the forum.

I am trying to output a postscript from Quark 6. The Quark print dialog opens and Quark processes all of the pages, but when it is completed there is no ps file. I know that the path is valid, any help would be GREATLY appeciated!

Thanks,
Tom

tell application "QuarkXPress Passport"
	activate
	tell document 1
		print PostScript file "Macintosh HD:1:1Direct:QuarktoPDF:TestB.ps"
	end tell
end tell
#2

Tom, have you solved this one? Found the discussion with the solution yet?
I just went through this myself, as I’ve just switched over to 6.0 this weekend.
The key is saving to the root level of your startup disk. I must have read it in half a dozen places before it succesfully sunk in. :oops:
I swear, when i made PS file after PS file that ‘disappeared’… the first one to show up on the root level was like a miracle.

(The first two lines set the path to the name of whatever HD I’m working on. The set properties are the ones I need for my service bureau. The last two lines save the PS file)

set theHD to (path to startup disk as string)
set savePath to theHD
tell application “QuarkXPress”
if (exists document 1) is false then return beep
tell document 1
try
set docName to the name
on error --will error if document is not saved
set docName to “UnsavedFile”
end try
set properties of print setup to {orientation:landscape, reduce or enlarge:100, registration marks:centered, registration marks offset:6, halftone screen:“100”, resolution:“1270”, print spreads:true, data format:binary data, paper size:“custom”, paper width:“17.5”, printer type:“Generic Imagesetter”, separation:false, tiling:off}
set fileName to savePath & docName & “.ps”
print PostScript file fileName
end tell
end tell