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Question

document.print()?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
July 23, 2018
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Hello,

As app.activeDocument.print() throws a 8800 error in PSD CS6 (and also doesn't work with actions), is there another way to print active document.

I would like to show a personal UI before every printing. Maybe I could use listeners? But I don't understand how.

Thank you for your help.

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Try this shorter version.

var d = new ActionDescriptor();
d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("printOutput"), stringIDToTypeID("printOutput"), new ActionDescriptor());
d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("printViewProofSetup"), stringIDToTypeID("proofSetup"), new ActionDescriptor());
d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("printOutputOptions"), stringIDToTypeID("printOutputOptions"), new ActionDescriptor());
var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();
d1.putData(stringIDToTypeID("systemInfo"), 0);
d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("osSpecificPrintInfo"), stringIDToTypeID("osSpecificPrintInfo"), d1);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("print"), d, DialogModes.ALL);

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I also tried before other shortneded version, but like with this, it gave message about incompatibility, so I kept original one.

Inspiring

You can record an Action.

To do this, start Action recording.

Press Ctrl+P or manually call the Print menu.

In the window dialog click "Done", not "Print". (!!!!!!)

Stop recording.

Enable the Dialog display in this Action.

OK, I recorded this Action, but I don't understand the goal. Of course, when I play this Action, nothing visible happens.

Inspiring

Unfortunately, printing is not very scriptable as the setup is unique for every machine + printer combination. If you manually print from the UI and then print from your script, does that work? Hopefully it does and you can capture the ScriptListener output as Kukurykus has above and use that in your script in the future. You will have to redo that for each printer you attach or if you change your settings manually.

Inspiring

Thank you for your replies.

Tom, I understand printing is not very scriptable. I just would like to trigger the standard Photoshop print dialog, the one is called with the menu item "File/Print..."

Kukurykus ,

your script works fine but of of course overrides my printing settings. I'm not familiar with ScriptListener at all but I'll try to use your script in a few days, when I will be connected again to my usual printer.

Inspiring

DialogModes.ALL is what is showing you the dialog. Just add this line before you call the .print() method.

app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ALL;

activeDocument.print();

app.displayDialogs = DialogsModes.NO;

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It gives error in CS6 EXTENDED in fact, but in CC 2018 doesn't:

executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('print'), undefined, DialogModes.ALL)

Inspiring

executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('print'), undefined, DialogModes.ALL)

gives the same error as wihen "Print" menu item (CMD-P) is called from actions with "Insert a command..."

CS 6, Photoshop 13.0, Mac OS 10.11.6

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function sTT(v) {return stringIDToTypeID(v)}
(ref1 = new ActionReference()).putProperty(sTT('property'), sTT('printOutput'))
ref1.putEnumerated(sTT('document'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT('targetEnum'));
(dsc1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT('null'), ref1);
(dsc2 = new ActionDescriptor()).putBoolean(sTT('postScriptColor'), true)
dsc2.putEnumerated(sTT('intent'), sTT('intent'), sTT('image'))
dsc2.putBoolean(sTT('printSixteenBit'), false)
dsc2.putString(sTT('printerName'), 'Adobe PDF');
(dsc3 = new ActionDescriptor()).putEnumerated(sTT('builtin'), sTT('builtinProof'), sTT('proofCyan'))
dsc2.putObject(sTT('printProofSetup'), sTT('proofSetup'), dsc3)
dsc1.putObject(sTT('printOutput'), sTT('printOutput'), dsc2);
(dsc4 = new ActionDescriptor()).putEnumerated(sTT('builtin'), sTT('builtinProof'), sTT('proofCyan'))
dsc1.putObject(sTT('printViewProofSetup'), sTT('proofSetup'), dsc4);
(dsc5 = new ActionDescriptor()).putBoolean(sTT('caption'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('calibrationBars'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('registrationMarks'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('cornerCropMarks'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('centerCropMarks'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('labels'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('negative'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('emulsionDown'), false)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('interfaceIconFrameDimmed'), false);
(dsc6 = new ActionDescriptor()).putDouble(sTT('red'), 255)
dsc6.putDouble(sTT('grain'), 255)
dsc6.putDouble(sTT('blue'), 255)
dsc5.putObject(sTT('background'), sTT('RGBColor'), dsc6)
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('borderThickness'), sTT('distanceUnit'), 0)
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('bleed'), sTT('distanceUnit'), 0)
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('resolution'), sTT('pixelsUnit'), 1)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('vectorData'), true)
dsc5.putEnumerated(sTT('pagePosition'), sTT('pagePosition'), sTT('pagePosCentered'))
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('left'), sTT('distanceUnit'), 261.5)
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('top'), sTT('distanceUnit'), 384.5)
dsc5.putUnitDouble(sTT('scale'), sTT('percentUnit'), 100)
dsc5.putBoolean(sTT('cropWhenPrinting'), false)
dsc5.putInteger(sTT('cropRectBottom'), 841)
dsc5.putInteger(sTT('cropRectLeft'), 0)
dsc5.putInteger(sTT('cropRectRight'), 595)
dsc5.putInteger(sTT('cropRectTop'), 0)
dsc1.putObject(sTT('printOutputOptions'), sTT('printOutputOptions'), dsc5);
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dsc1.putObject(sTT('osSpecificPrintInfo'), sTT('osSpecificPrintInfo'), dsc7)
dsc1.putString(sTT('caption'), '')
executeAction(sTT('print'), dsc1, DialogModes.ALL)