Where on earth are the Distiller settings specified?

[Ramon_F_Herrera]

Hello folks:

I am writing a "Robot" which will automate a lot of clicks. Its task is to produce a large number of PDF files in a specified directory. All settings can be modified manually using the Printing Preferences dialog of the Distiller virtual printer. However, I prefer to do this programmatically. Please see enclosed image.

TIA

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

These are settings that belong to a printer instance. They are stored by Windows... somewhere. Probably in the registry, but a different location on each system. These parameters should never be modified even if you find them; you need to use a Windows API, if there is one. The chances are, that they are mapped into a block of binary data attached to the driver, rather than held as named parameters. Never heard of anyone succeeding at this.

[gkaiseril]

You can open Distiller, select the "Settings" option, then "Edit Settings". Now change the current settings to the desired settings you want to use and then use the "Save as ..." option to create a ".JobOptions" file. If you are using Watched Files, then you edit the setting for the Watched File folders.