Batch-printing many PDF-files

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May 23, 2013
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Hi,

In our workflow we have hundreds of PDf-files in many different subfolders we need to print on a monthly basis. We COULD print them manually... but that would be expensive, time-wise. So I figured I would make an action in Acrobat Pro X that would do the trick.

And it works... except for one thing - the "Add folders" adds ALL supported files in the sub-folders, which makes it a bit useless for our purposes. I can't see any way to sort by filetype or any way to tell it to only add specific extensions.

Is there any easy way to do this? I'm open to scripting - perhaps Illustrator might be better for this purpose?

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Thomas

Print and prepress

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melinac25513786

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Or just get Bluebeam Revu, you'll get a lot more for the money (in terms of functions and speed) + Bluebeam studio (cloud service) and a better user interface (Adobe's new interface is horrific.

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brianl36520294

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We had DC and DC pro on the same machine.

Users shared same machine so we only allowed access to Pro for single user.

This killed ability for batch printing. Error message read .... "This file cannot be printed. Please try opening the file with the correct application and printing from there."

We discovered it was trying to open Pro even though all default associations were for reader.

After playing with a few reg keys we found the keys that pointed to Pro and not to open when printing.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document.DC\shell\Print\command &

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document.DC\shell\Printto\command

The values should point to AcroRD32.exe IE Reader not AcrobatDC IE Pro.

The values for the default key should look something like this.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe\" /p /h \"%1\""

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe\" /t \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

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Anonymous

PrintConductor‌ is the best Bulk PDF Printing software currently. It lets you select the folder containing all the files and it will print all the files of a specific format or all the formats depending on your choice. Best choice for a Bulk PDF Printing software.

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Candygun

Participant

Another good software product (that I use) for batch printing PDF files is SilentPrint. Find out more and download it from here... http://silentprint.com or from SilentPrint - Overview.

jamesw98942494

Participant

To sort the files for printing by file name, it is better to use Print Conductor which is a superb Batch Printing Software that lets you to carry out PDF Batch printing.

I have been using it for quite some time and let me tell you that it is the best Batch Printer available. It helps me save money time-wise as it is very easy and quick to use with very easy to make settings.

Also it will solve your problem as it sorts documents by type or file name. You can preview them before printing, and/or print a subset of the documents in the list.

I would recommend Print Conductor to any one who wants a quick, reliable and easy solution to Batch Text Printing. Check out the Features of Print Conductor here - http://www.print-conductor.com/how-it-works/

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Anonymous

Thanks james for recommending PrintConductor. I almost save an hour using this for my office Batch Printing PDF. It really is fast and the Drag and Drop feature is really the best. Earlier i used to manually open each PDF and send the print Command. I think it is the best printing management software available .