IDCS5 Win Printing Postscript

Now that I have worked on the code for two days and narrowed down the problem, I can offer up a bit more on specifics.  Here is the code I believe is causing the problem (I have removed all error checking for the sake of brevity):

   //InterfacePtr<ICommand> PrintActionCommand(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kPrintActionCmdBoss));
   InterfacePtr<ICommand> PrintActionCommand(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kNewPrintCmdBoss));

   InterfacePtr<IInkList> InkList(CurrDoc -> GetDocWorkSpace(), IID_IINKLIST);

   InterfacePtr<IPrintJobData> PrintJobData(::CreateObject2<IPrintJobData>(kPrintJobDataBoss));
   PrintJobData -> SetInkList(InkList);

   IPrintCmdData::PrintUIOptions uiFlags = IPrintCmdData::kSuppressPrintDialog ;

   InterfacePtr<IPrintCmdData> printActionCmdData(PrintActionCommand, UseDefaultIID());

   printActionCmdData -> SetIDoc(             CurrDoc);
   printActionCmdData -> SetPrintUIOptions(   uiFlags);

   printActionCmdData -> SetInkList(          InkList);  
   printActionCmdData -> SetPrintData(      PrintInfo);
   printActionCmdData -> SetPrintJobData(PrintJobData);

   InterfacePtr<IOutputPages> SinglePage(PrintActionCommand, IID_IOUTPUTPAGES);

   //  PageRef is a class member and is set before each call to this function.
   SinglePage -> InsertOutputPageUIDRef(PageRef);

   PMString               DocName;
   CurrDoc    -> GetName(DocName);
   SinglePage -> SetName(DocName);

   InterfacePtr<ICommand> PrintGatherCommand(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kPrintGatherDataCmdBoss));

   InterfacePtr<IPrintCmdData> PrintGatherCommandData(PrintGatherCommand, IID_IPRINTCMDDATA);
   
   PrintGatherCommandData -> SetPrintData(      PrintInfo);
   PrintGatherCommandData -> SetPrintJobData(PrintJobData);
   PrintGatherCommandData -> SetPrintUIOptions(   uiFlags);
   PrintGatherCommandData -> SetInkList(          InkList);
  
   Result = CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(  PrintGatherCommand);

   result = CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(PrintActionCommand);

Please note that I have highlighted the first two lines of code in red because that's where my problem seems to lie.

If I use this line in my code (it is now commented out):

   InterfacePtr<ICommand>  PrintActionCommand(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kPrintActionCmdBoss));

The pages print out exactly as expected but the user is required to manually enter the name for each PostScript file, which is unacceptable.  Additionally (and not unexpectedly once one looks at the documentation) the attempt to create an IOutputPages interface fails, so when this line is not commented out, the code that creates and fills in the SinglePage object, is commented out.

If I use this line in my code:

   InterfacePtr<ICommand>  PrintActionCommand(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kNewPrintCmdBoss));

The IOutputPages interface is created without a problem, the PostScript files are generated without the user having to manually enter the filenames, but as mentioned in my first post, the PDF files generated from the PostScript is wrong.  Specifically, all objects on the first page are shifted down approximately 5.375 inches (approx. 13.7 centimeters) and to the right approximately 8.25 inches (approx. 21 centimeters).  All objects on the second page are shifted down 5.375 inches only.  There is no right shifting on page 2.

For the fun of it, I added a third page and found that the behavior of the objects on it mimicked the behavior of the objects on the first page.

I have examined all the interfaces used here and cannot see where the problem may lay.  If any of you see what I am doing wrong, I would be grateful for your input.

TIA!

John

My plug-ins work fine on InDesign CS - CS5 Mac and Win.

I can't see your problem.