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- Enhanced PDF Working
Enhanced PDF Working
Organisations rely on information stored in millions of Adobe Acrobat documents within their enterprises. However printing PDFs from within Internet Explorer requires the installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader on every client computer and provides little control of print settings and appearance.
The ScriptX Enhanced PDF Working option solves these issues, by providing organisations with a high degree of programmatic control over the printing of web-based Adobe Acrobat documents through Microsoft Internet Explorer clients within the enterprise. This improves the batching, appearance and consistency of printed PDFs. No Adobe software is required on the client PC.
Benefits of Enhanced PDF Working:
- Enables the scripting of print-related settings within html so that PDFs automatically match printer page size, including shrinking documents to fit, rotating and centring
- Allows straightforward batch printing, with progress callbacks so that PDF printing can be monitored across the enterprise
- Simpler to program for than using Adobe Acrobat itself and easier for users
- Client machines do not need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader, increasing efficiency, simplifying administration and tightening security
- Downloads Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) files and prints them out in batch mode in the background
- Any number of print-outs can be queued, providing a scalable printing solution
Please note that the spool-size of printed PDF documents may be larger than expected with consequences for performance. Please evaluate performance is acceptable.
Technical specifications
The following printing settings can be used:
printer
paperSize
paperSource
portrait
copies
collate
duplex
SetPrintScale(-1) to enable "Shrink to Fit" of the printed output.
SetPageRange(false,startPage,endPage) to set the page range to print.
Documentation
PrintPDF and BatchPrintPDF(Ex) in the Technical Reference
Sample
Example
<body> <!-- MeadCo Security Manager - using evaluation license --> <object viewastext style="display:none" classid="clsid:5445be81-b796-11d2-b931-002018654e2e" codebase="smsx.cab#Version=8,3,0,4 "> <param name="GUID" value="{370000ED-D40C-43D4-B3D3-F2E7D2EFF47D} "> <param name="Path" value="sxlic.mlf"> <param name="Revision" value="0"> </object> <!-- MeadCo ScriptX --> <object id="factory" viewastext style="display:none" classid="clsid:1663ed61-23eb-11d2-b92f-008048fdd814"> </object> <script defer> function PrintPDF() { factory.printing.PrintPDF({ url: "example.pdf" }); } </script> <input id=idPrint type="button" value="Print the PDF" onclick="PrintPDF()"> </body>
Pricing
Enhanced PDF working is a cost-option which can be enabled on a 'standard' client-side license for ScriptX 7.0 onwards for an additional fee of $500.
To add this option to your order, please check the 'Enhanced PDF Working' option on the order form. If you already have a license then please contact support on feedback@meadroid.com about adding it to your current license.