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

[grazianov62614553]

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”?

[Om Nath Jha]

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

[Kurt Gold]

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]

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

[Sebastian Bleak]

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

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

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/

[grazianov62614553]

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]

Graziano, good to hear that helped.

[steffenh58012655]

Exactly what we have been looking for today as well! Thx so much for the hint.

[MattWags]

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!