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March 29, 2017
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Is it possible print the swatch colors directly from the panel?

  • March 29, 2017
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I need to print all the colors in my swatches panel with my desk printer or just produce a pdf.

Someone know how I can print all the colors without coloring any object, just print the colors present in the panel “automatically”?

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Maybe this script from John Wundes helps:

Render Swatch Legend v1.1

This script will generate a legend of rectangles for every swatch in the main swatches palette.

You can configure spacing and value display by configuring the variables at the top of the script.

Available here:

http://www.wundes.com/JS4AI/

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 29, 2017

Maybe this script from John Wundes helps:

Render Swatch Legend v1.1

This script will generate a legend of rectangles for every swatch in the main swatches palette.

You can configure spacing and value display by configuring the variables at the top of the script.

Available here:

http://www.wundes.com/JS4AI/

Participant
July 29, 2024

I love this script but it is doing each color individually. Is there a way to run all the swatch colors at 1 time?

Thanks for the great lead!

Sebastian Bleak
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2017

I like Om's answer! I would just add that you can change the view of the swatches to "Large Thumbnail". I'm sending a screen shot along.

I'm also thinking you can do something with Re-color Artwork. I'll play around with it. If I get a better answer, I'll post it later

Kurt Gold
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2017

Are all (colour) swatches used in the actual document (assigned to filled paths, stroked paths, whatever)?

Celebrating a jubilee because I asked that 6665 times in the past, now 6666: Which version of Illustrator are you using?

Om Nath Jha
Legend
March 30, 2017

That's a great one Kurt, really appreciate your work!

Apart from the scripting option suggested by Ton, here's the large thumbnail view:

Regards,

Om

Om Nath Jha
Legend
March 29, 2017

Hi Graziano,

Unfortunately the answer is no, not directly from the Swatches panel. One workaround is to take a screenshot of enlarged Swatches panel and then print it. If there's any other workaround, I firmly believe our experts would definitely suggest here.

Regards,

Om