Script to Export Multiple PDFs at Once

[rahulb1976]

Hi All

I’m trying to find out how to export two PDF's at once from Indesign CC. I'm aiming to get 1 PDFx-1a PDF (High res with crop and bleed) and 1 smallest File Size (Cropped, no marks)? Could you point me in the right direction or if anyone has a working script I could use that would be amazing. My brain is going to fall out my ears.

Many thanks

Rahul

[Legacy Print Group]

Anyway to add to the script so that I can identify which page numbers I would like to print? The current script runs the entire document. IE: We save all the business cards for Company X into one file. When someone submits a business card order, we export the one name to pdf. 

[Kepano70]

The script works well to generate pdf-files.
But is it possible to create a jpeg within this script?
I need to create the following several times on a day of 1 InDesign document:
1 HiresPDF
1 Lowres pdf
1 jpeg
For the PDF files, the script works perfectly. But I also want to get a Jpeg file from my InDesign in the same script.

[_Philip_]

I'm no code monkey (below script is found on the interwebz), but add this to the end of the script to get a jpg:

var doc = app.activeDocument;

// Set JPEG export preferences
app.jpegExportPreferences.properties = {
   antiAlias: true,
   embedColorProfile: true,
   exportResolution: 72,
   // exportingSpread: true, // Uncomment if spreads
   jpegColorSpace: JpegColorSpaceEnum.rgb,
   jpegExportRange: ExportRangeOrAllPages.exportRange,
   jpegQuality: JPEGOptionsQuality.maximum,
   jpegRenderingStyle: JPEGOptionsFormat.baselineEncoding,
   useDocumentBleeds: false,
   simulateOverprint: false,
   pageString: "1" // Page(s) to export, must be a string
}

// Make a temporary file
var tempFile = File("E:/Dokumentexport/temp.jpg");

// Export an image of the page to disk
doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.jpg, tempFile);

[rahulb1976]

Thanks guys - Ariel your right I couldn't figure out the bit where I wanted to customise it.

Many thanks

[Developer1009]

I hope this change in script will help you

d = app.activeDocument; preset1 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("[PDF/X-1a:2001]"); preset2 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("[Smallest File Size]"); if (!(preset1.isValid && preset2.isValid)) { alert("One of the presets does not exist. Please check spelling carefully."); exit(); } if (d.saved) { thePath = String(d.fullName).replace(/\..+$/, "") + ".pdf"; thePath = String(new File(thePath).saveDlg()); } else { thePath = String((new File).saveDlg()); } thePath = thePath.replace(/\.pdf$/, ""); name1 = thePath + "_LR.pdf"; name2 = thePath + "_HR.pdf" d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name1), false, preset1); d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name2), false, preset2);

[Laubender]

Hi Kepano70,

you say:

The script works well to generate pdf-files.
But is it possible to create a jpeg within this script?
I need to create the following several times on a day of 1 InDesign document:
1 HiresPDF
1 Lowres pdf
1 jpeg
For the PDF files, the script works perfectly. But I also want to get a Jpeg file from my InDesign in the same script.

Look into Peter Kahrel's Batch Process script where you can save settings:

Batch-process (convert/export/import) documents

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Toni340228631gcy]

Hey guys,

thank you for the great script!

I tried to use it for a jobOption that generate not one PDF of the whole data, it's generating a pdf for every page.
For the first jobOption it works, it gives a folder and puts in all pages in seperate pdf.
So far, so good.

But than he stops and gives this error 

But this line is already successfull done.

The following line is:

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name2), false, preset2);

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name3), false, preset3);

This is the full script:

// BS"D

// All rights reserved (c) 2015 by Id-Extras.com

// Free to use and modify but do not delete this copyright attribution.

// This script will export 3 pdfs of the current document

// Choose the PDF presets by altering their names below

// The second PDF gets a suffix added to its name.

// Modify the line below beginning name2 = to change the suffix.

// For more InDesign scripts: www.Id-Extras.com

d = app.activeDocument;

// Here you can choose the PDF preset

preset1 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("Schaeffler_HighRes_Einzelseiten");

preset2 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("Schaeffler_LowRes_Einzelseiten");

preset3 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("Schaeffler_LowRes_Einzelseiten");

preset4 = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("Schaeffler_LowRes");

if (!(preset1.isValid && preset2.isValid && preset3.isValid && preset4.isValid)){

alert("One of the presets does not exist. Please check spelling carefully.");

exit();

}

if (d.saved){

thePath = String(d.fullName).replace(/\..+$/, "") + ".pdf";

thePath = String(new File(thePath).saveDlg());

}

else{

thePath = String((new File).saveDlg());

}

thePath = thePath.replace(/\.pdf$/, "");

// Here you can set the suffix at the end of the name

name1 = thePath+"_HighRes.pdf";

name2 = thePath+"_LowRes.pdf";

name3 = thePath+"_master.pdf";

name4 = thePath+"_master_zusammen.pdf";

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name1), false, preset1);

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name2), false, preset2);

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name3), false, preset3);

d.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(name4), false, preset4);

I can't find the mistake 😕

Thank you for your help!

Kind Regards,

Toni

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Toni340228631gcy

What platform, OS and InDesign versions?

[Toni340228631gcy]

Windows 11 and InDesign CC

[exuberant_luminary6979]

Is there a way to add a command that tells ID to place the four PDFs created by this script in a new folder, for example "Archive" on the desktop? (MacOS 15).