Booklet printing script...

Hey there...

I'm helping a friend doing the automation of certain tasks on InDesign.

He wants to to print the document in booklet form (it's books), but it looks like it may print only as a PostScript printer... and then use Distiller to convert it to PDF.

So, first thing first...

I'm trying to:

  1. Set the PrintBooklet settings (fact)
  2. Set the PrintPreset settings (fact)
  3. Printing using app.activeDocument.printBooklet ();

This works but... wonder where I want to save and what name I want to give him.

I wanted to automate this completely... because I need to print twice (the book is composed of 2 printing of booklet).

Is it possible to use app.activeDocument.printBooklet (); (or other instructions) and print it out where I want to with the name I want (I do a sort of rule).

I tried app.activeDocument.printBooklet (false); but seems to be "lost in the air.

Can someone help me? Do you need all of the code or is it enough to understand what I need?

Thank you much for the help.

Hello

Active printer supposed to be defined as postscript and

use:

app.activeDocument.printBookletPrintPreferences.printFile = File("fullPathToFile.ps");

as many times as you wish before you call printBooklet (false, yourPreset)

Jarek

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