Print only certain colors PostScript [JS, CS3]

Well I think I have this working now. Here is the code:

// This script works by doing a few things. First, it will delete any ink that isn't actually on the document and in use.
// Then it will prompt the user to choose what inks they want to output. Once the script has those ink choices,
// it will decide, via four if statements, what colors to output. There are four if statements to handle all the combinations
// of cyan and black outputs. The other colors checked (red, blue, etc.) will be printed from within all the ifs.
// Once it knows what colors to output it creates a preset based on those criteria, and then uses that preset to
// output the file. After the file is printed to Postscript it deletes the preset and saves and closes the file.
// If the preset doesn't get deleted for some reason, it will simply be overwritten the next time the script runs.
// I figured it would be cleaner if it would delete it each time.

if (app.documents.length == 0)
{
alert("No document is open.")
exit();
}

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

v =myDocument.unusedSwatches.length-1;
while (v >= 0)
{
  try {
   myDocument.unusedSwatches[v].remove();
  } catch (_) { }
  v--;
}

inklist = myDocument.inks.everyItem().name;
checklist = [];

//creates dialog box
var inkDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"F4 2up LH", canCancel:true});

with (inkDialog.dialogColumns.add())
{
        with(dialogRows.add())
        {
            var choiceText = staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Choose ink(s) to output:"});
        }
        with(dialogRows.add())
        {
            with(dialogColumns.add())
            {
                for (i=0; i
So far, it has worked beautifully. Thanks for any help at all. If there is anything that looks like, it needs to be changed please let me know. It's been a while since I've done something like this.
Nate
 
         
 
         
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