Action or Javascript to set a group of PDFs to open print dialog automatically

It is also possible to add a document level JavaScript through the importing of an FDF file.

Automatic Insertion of Document-Level JavaScripts by D.P. Story

It is possible to declare a variable that can be set to show that you script ran once and skips running it a second time.

The following script can be placed on the page open action.

// see if control variable exist;

ifItypeof bPrintUI == "undefined")

{

// does not exist so define it as false;

var bPrintUI = false;

}

// see if print ui has been opened

if(bPrintUI != true)

{

// it has not;

bPrintUI = true; // set to have been opened;

this.print(); // display print dialog;

}

If you place this only on the first page, the script will not run if the PDF is opened to another page.

Your way of doing it will work, but it's not very good because it means that the Print dialog will open not just when the file is opened, but each time the user views the first page of the file. For example, if you scroll to the second page and then back to the first the Print dialog will open again, using your method.

A better way is to embed a code at the doc-level, which will open the Print dialog only when the file is opened.

This can also be done as a part of an Action, in Acrobat Pro, and applied to multiple files at once.

Basically, all you have to do is create a new Action (via Tools - Action Wizard) with the following JS code (and a Save command), and then run it on your files:

this.addScript("load", "this.print();");