Print PDF with Print Options

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi. I would like to print PDF without opening the file, but with print options. Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

#2

Hi,

printing from where?

If you’re talking to an application via AppleScript to print a file it’s not possible to print the file without opening it

#3

printing from Terminal or AppleScript. Only one PDF file at a time with Print Options. the best would be not to display the PDF.

#4

The UNIX command lpr can print files, you can specify print options with lpoptions

#5

StefanK I know that, but I want that user see the Print Options dialog window. is it possible?

#6

Actually no. You could display a couple of dialog boxes to let the user select the options

#7

hm what about opening PDF in Apple Preview and select File->Print with AppleScript? I assume that there is no better solution.

#8

The AppleScript support of Preview.app is very poor. You have to do this with GUI scripting

#9

Can you help me with that? I would appreciate it a lot.

So…

  1. I need to open PDF file (it can be Preview.app or another default OS X app)
  2. Open Print Dialog Window for opened PDF file
#10

Have you searched the OS X forum or Code Exchange for “Preview”? As far as I remember there are a few solutions

#11

I’m searching for few minutes now… but still without any solution.

#12

GUI scripting is not an option, bcs user need to enable assistive devices.

#13

Any other solution?

#14

The script may enable it if needed.


on activateGUIscripting()
	(* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
	tell application "System Events"
		if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
	end tell
end activateGUIscripting

Example :


(*
Print selected pages in Preview

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2012/06/15
*)

my activateGUIscripting()

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Preview"
	set frontmost to true
	(*
Trigger the Print menu item *)
	click menu item -1 of menu 3 of menu bar 1
	(*
Wait for the Print pane *)
	repeat until sheet 1 of window 1 exists
		--
	end repeat
	
	tell sheet 1 of window 1
		(*
Click the radio button entitled "les pages sélectionnées dans la barre latérale" *)
		tell radio group 4 to tell radio button 3
			value
			click
			repeat
				delay 0.1
				if value = 1 then exit repeat
			end repeat
		end tell -- radio group.
		(*
Click the button [ Print ] *)
		click button 1
	end tell -- sheet
end tell -- System Events

--=====

on activateGUIscripting()
	(* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
	tell application "System Events"
		if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
	end tell
end activateGUIscripting

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Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 15 juin 2012 18:25:32