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• • December 1, 2014 at 8:01 pm #71962
    Ramin Doostan

    Member

    I do a lot of exporting to PDF with different resolutions and page ranges twice a week and it’s really a pain every single time, not to mention that I might make mistakes.

    I’m creating 12 PDFs for printers, 12 other for online, and each one has different page range, bleeds, marks and quality… some has to be exported as spreads and some as pages, etc etc.

    The routine is same every time. Is there any way to automate this routine?

    I would greatly appreciate any help!

  • December 1, 2014 at 9:32 pm #71963
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Well that is what the PDF Presets are for… the only thing you cannot save in a PDF preset is the page range, I think.

  • December 1, 2014 at 9:37 pm #71964
    Ramin Doostan

    Member

    You’re right. PDF Preset does half the job done, but it doesn’t do page range and also it doesn’t automate. I need to select corresponding preset and indicate the page range and also name the file for EACH export… including the time that I have to check each file to make sure I’ve made no mistakes this takes a lot of time. I’m thinking there must be an easier way that I just don’t know.

    EDIT: I’m not familiar with scripting in indesign, but if you guys think its doable with scripting, I’m willing to put some time to make this work.

  • December 1, 2014 at 9:46 pm #71965
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Yes, it is certainly doable with scripting. In fact, check these out:
    https://creativepro.com/page-exporter-utility-peu-5-script-updated-for-cs3.php
    https://creativepro.com/creating-batch-pdfs.php
    https://creativepro.com/batchoutput-automates-printing-and-pdf-export.php

  • December 1, 2014 at 9:50 pm #71966
    Ramin Doostan

    Member

    Great, i will check these right away

    Thanks!

  • December 8, 2014 at 2:32 am #72106
    Chris Bennett

    Member

    I use:
    https://zevrix.com/outputfactory.php
    and use the ‘workflow’ feature, which might be what you are looking for.
    It certainly works for me.

  • December 8, 2014 at 2:34 am #72107
    Chris Bennett

    Member

    I should add that I use it in conjunction with the ‘Smart Folder’ function is OS X to track down all the individual documents that I want to process.

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