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Is it possible print the swatch colors directly from the panel?

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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/

Ton Frederiks

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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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grazianov62614553Author

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Thank you Tom, your advice was exactly what I was looking for. In fact I could print the swatches as they are and not are they appear on the screen of the computer using the screenshot. Now I have just to study how to manage the preference of the script and change the option of the size and the number - I have hundreds - of the colored rectangles (I don't have experience on script). I thank you very much fr your help. Graziano

Ton Frederiks

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Graziano, good to hear that helped.

Sebastian Bleak

Community Expert

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

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

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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

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

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