Javascript for Illustrator Save to PDF

[Nokturnal1]

Hi all,

This is my first post on here. Im looking to see if anyone knows how to edit the Javascript for Illustrator CS4? Adobe already has a script in Illustrator called 'SaveDocsAsPDF.jsx'. I want to be able to tweak this script so I can edit the PDF Save Options to do things like add trim marks and bleed, since this script clips the bleed at the trim box. When I open the script, it gives some info like:

// See PDFSaveOptions in the JavaScript Reference for available options

// Set the options you want below:

// For example, uncomment to set the compatibility of the generated pdf to Acrobat 7 (PDF 1.6)
// options.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT7;

But they fail to mention where this is 'JavaScript Reference' is so I have no idea where to find the script options. Anyone out there have any idea? I am not a code person, but I do have the awareness of how to edit them.

Thanks

 

[Stephen Marsh]

Googling "adobe illustrator javascript reference" returned these hits:

Illustrator Scripting | Adobe Developer Connection

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/illustrator/sdk/AIJavaScriptReference.pdf

http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Ad...llustrator_scripting_reference_javascript.pdf


Regards,

Stephen Marsh

 

[Nokturnal1]

Well, arent i the dumb one for not googling it correctly. Thanks Stephen.

 

[Shawn]

I posted our internal version of this script on a different thread in the last few weeks, including instructions for editing it. It's set to use standard joboptions instead of hand coding the individual PDF settings. Take a look here.

http://printplanet.com/forums/adobe/25140-pdf-proof-workflow/2

Shawn

 

[Nokturnal1]

Thanks alot Shawn. This is EXACTLY what I needed. I was able to enter our own PDF Preset into the script and it worked. Thanks so much.

 

[Dutch Bloke]

How did you do it?

How did you do it?

Thanks alot Shawn. This is EXACTLY what I needed. I was able to enter our own PDF Preset into the script and it worked. Thanks so much.

Where and how did you enter your PDF Preset into the script? Sorry for this question but I'm new to scripting and it's not working for me, still learning.

Hope you can help.

 

[Shawn]

Where and how did you enter your PDF Preset into the script? Sorry for this question but I'm new to scripting and it's not working for me, still learning.

Hope you can help.

Hi Dutch

Open the script in a text editor and make sure that the joboptions in line 124 of the script EXACTLY matches the PDF joboption setting from Illustrator that you want to use.

look for these lines

// for a description of these properties.
// Add more properties here if you like
pdfSaveOpts.pDFPreset = '[PDF/X-4:2008]';

The script is set to use the [PDF/X-4:2008]' standard from Adobe (the default Adobe joboption names includes the brackets -- yours may not).

Shawn