PrintDocument System Command

PRINTDOCUMENT File Commands

Prints the current document.

printdocument [SIDES which] [SCALE ] [COPIES number] [PICTURES toggle] [DRAWINGS toggle] [COLLATE toggle] [REVERSEORDER toggle] [PRINTBLANK toggle] [MIRROR toggle] [PRINTERMARKS toggle] [NEGATIVE toggle] [THUMBNAILS status] [TILING

SIDES/k The sides to print. Options: BOTH (default)|EVEN | ODD.

preset/k The print scale. Options: ACTUAL (default)|FULLPAGE.

custom/k The custom print scale.

COPIES/i The number of copies. Default=1.

toggle/k Toggles a feature.

Options: ON | OFF.

PICTURES Toggles the printing of pictures. Default=on.

DRAWINGS Toggles the printing of drawings. Default=on.

COLLATE Sets whether copies will be sorted. Default=on.

REVERSEORDER Sets the print order. Default=off.

PRINTBLANK Sets whether blank pages will be printed. Default=on.

MIRROR Sets emulsion down. Default=off.

PRINTERMARKS Sets the printing of printers' marks. Default=off.

NEGATIVE Sets negative printing. Default=Off.

THUMBNAILS Prints multiple pages per sheet. Page size multipled by scale must be less than 50% for thumbnails. Default=off.

TILING/k Prints the page on as many sheets as required. Default=off.

TILINGOVERLAP/d Sets by how much the tiles will overlap. Default=maximum for minimum number of sheets.

OUTPUT/k Sets the output type.

Options: GRAYSCALE (default) | COLOR | SEPARATIONS | PROCESS | SPOT.

DISKFILE/s Specifies the file and path to which to print.

PAGE/s The number of the page to print.

MPG/s The master page and side to print.

PAGERANGE/s The pages to print.

DOCUMENT/s The name of the document to print.

CHAPTER/s The name of the chapter to print.

Examples:

print copies 2 collate off pagerange 1-5,7,9-14

print sides even chapter Astronomy.doc:Planets

print page ""

 

PrintDocument  Command Definition  url:PGScmd/printdocument
  created:2006-03-30 17:46:00   last updated:2006-03-30 17:46:00
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User Contributed Comments For PrintDocument
Dan Kilroy wrote...2006-05-04 15:06:26

Script command submitted from PageStream internal documentation. Needs to be checked and merged with the command documentation above.

Prints the {...} .

PrintDocument ([SIDES <BOTH|EVEN|ODD>][SCALE <ACTUAL|FULLPAGE|scale>][COPIES copies][THUMBNAILS <ON|OFF>] [TILING <ON [TILINGOVERLAP amount]|OFF>] [PICTURES <ON|OFF>][DRAWINGS <ON|OFF>] [COLLATE <ON|OFF>][REVERSEORDER <ON|OFF>][PRINTBLANK <ON|OFF>] [PRINTERMARKS <ON|OFF>][PGS50: PRINTERMARKSOFFSET offset][PGS50: PRINTERMARKSLENGTH length] [MIRROR <ON|OFF>][NEGATIVE <ON|OFF>] [OUTPUT <GRAYSCALE | COLOR | SEPARATIONS | PROCESS | SPOT] [PGS40: IMPOSITION <NORMAL | SIGNATURE hcount vcount creep | REPEATING hcount vcount hgap vgap>] [PGS41: MAILMERGE <ON|OFF> [ASK | FILE file][FIRSTRECORD record][LASTRECORD record]] [PAGE document:...-page | MPG document:...-masterpage:side | PAGERANGE document:... "page,from-to,from-to,..." | DOCUMENT document | CHAPTER document:...])


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User Contributed Comments For PrintDocument