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kevinm9902162
kevinm9902162
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June 23, 2023
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Can I print a PDF and it's linked files?

  • June 23, 2023
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At the location were I work we at times will get a PDF file with linked (blue hyper links?) that lead to other files.

It takes quite some time to print all links and at times we miss some. Is there a way with out external sites or programs that allow you to print the main file and all linked items, without clicking each lick?

 

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    ls_rbls
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    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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    June 23, 2023

    Hi @kevinm9902162  ,

     

    If I understood  correctly you want to set a print action that will print the main document, and in addition, you are also trying to print in one pass all PDF files that are hyper-linked in that PDF document as URL's.

     

    I'm afraid that is not possible since Adobe Acrobat is mostly a PDF editor and a file converter, not a web browser.

     

    However, it may be possible to employ  JavaScript with PDF open parameters to reach a PDF remotely and convert to FDF.

     

    See this brief old discussion:

     

     

    I am unsure how this would work with deprecated features and the time that it would take to setup a server just for that purpose.

     

    Besides the point (and although there are ways to suppress notifications and print silently in the background), if you are on Microsoft Windows, for example, before the print action executes for any given file type, the operating system opens the file first with the default application's handler for a few seconds before it is sent to the print queue (which is inefficient and even more time consuming when processing print files in bulk).

     

    In which case, I think that experimenting with this type of workflow while viewing a PDF in  modern web browsers (that already have built-in PDF viewing capability) appears to be more suitable (but I may be wrong).

    kevinm9902162
    kevinm9902162Author
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    June 23, 2023

    Thanks for the comments.

    I was hoping there was something I was missing that would have made this type of print request from our client easier than printing the main file, THEN trying to find all of the links. As some tend to blur into the main body text and are harder tio find.

    ls_rbls
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    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2023

    You're welcome.

     

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    THEN trying to find all of the links. As some tend to blur into the main body text and are harder tio find.


    By @kevinm9902162

     

    This part can be handled with a JavaScript script.

     

    And I was thinking that the collected URL's may be output to a text file.

     

    Once the list of URL's is organized in a text file, a batch script can be executed (outside of Acrobat) to invoke the downloads of those files, save them to a folder

    (like a temp folder for this purpose).

     

    Then have the batch script to print them silently, and finally delete the downloaded files in said temp folder after all the print queues complete (just optional, to avoid unnecessary file cluttering). 

     

     

     

     

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