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FoodmateNL
FoodmateNL
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August 2, 2018
Question

Javascript to recognize paper size of each page in pdf and print to certain size.

  • August 2, 2018
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Hi all,

I have a question. I only know a bit of VBA, so Javascript is still a bit of a mistery to me.

What I need is a program like this:

If papersize = A4 or A3 Then

Printsize = A4

Else

Printsize = A3

This way, all our big drawings (A2-A0) will be printed on A3. The rest on A4. (Our A3 drawings are perfectly readable on A4 and that saves a lot of paper in the end.)

I don't mind if this means that for a document of 20 pages, there will be 20 printjobs.

thanks

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Test Screen Name
Legend
August 2, 2018

You could identify a list of PDFs based on some measure (bear in mind each page in a PDF could have a different size, so it's a page property, not a document property). Then you could use an external app to queue for printing by a list after setting the default printer attributes manuall.

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2018

You can't dictate the specific page size that is going to be used by the printer using a script. The only thing you can do is tell it to select the paper tray that matches the PDF page size, but then all A3 pages will be printed on A3 paper, of course.

I would try to scale the A3 pages to A4, and then all the rest of the pages to A3, then you would be able to achieve what you described.

FoodmateNL
FoodmateNLAuthor
Participant
August 2, 2018

That will not be possible sadly. (resizing the pages)

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2018

The only other way I can think of doing it within Acrobat is if you have a separate printer name for each paper size. In that case it should be possible to compose a list of all A3/A4 pages and send them to the A4 printer, and all other pages can be sent to the A3 printer.

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