What can I script with Printer Setup Utility (and what can I not)?
I have a few Quark scripts which work fine but I seem to lose whatever settings I have set in the Printer dialog (like tray(“paper feed”), paper handling, etc.)
all the stuff you specify when you click on the “Printer…” button at the bottom.
Hi auto
Think most of the stuff when you click printer is from the actual printer PPD not the
printer set up utility.
You need to be setting that info via quark i guess?
But if like you say
you must be doing something right!!
This is how I use the print utility and
quark settings. Hope it helps.
tell application "Printer Setup Utility"
set current printer to printer "printerName"
end tell
tell application "QuarkXPress"
tell print setup of document 1
--layout settings
set tiling to off
set registration marks to centered
set registration marks offset to "12 pt" --or whatever size you want
set absolute overlap to false
set page sequence to all pages
set separation to false
set collate to false
set back to front to false
set print spreads to false
set print thumbnails to false
set include blank pages to false
--setup settings
set printer type to "PPD Name" --PPD name from print dialog in quark
set paper size to "Custom"
set paper width to "paper widthsize"
set paper height to "paper height size"
set reduce or enlarge to "100%"
set page position to center position
set orientation to portrait
set paper offset to "0 pt"
set page gap to "0 pt"
set print colors to composite CMYK
set resolution to "4000"
set halftone screen to "400"
--opions settings
set flip horizontal to false
set flip vertical to false
set invert image to false
set print quality to normal
set data format to binary data
set fit in area to false
set full res rotated objects to false
--set overprint eps black to true
end tell
tell custom bleeds setup 1 of document 1
set EPS bleed type to symmetric
set EPS bleed to ".125\""
set bleed type to symmetric
set bleed to ".125\""
set bleed clipping to true
end tell
tell OPI setup 1 of document 1
set OPI active to true
end tell
end tell