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print in specific order with Foxit print job?
Jul 28th, 2010, 7:47pm
 
I use the "Print PDF files with Foxit Reader" job, and this works very well for me.  I have 2 jobs that copy and extract PDF files from a zip file into a directory.
 
There's anywhere from 250-500 pdf's in this directory, but it's very important that they print in a specific order so the people taking the paper off the printer do not have to spend hours re-sorting the pages.
 
Ideally, I would like to print them in ascending name order as they appear in the directory when they're unzipped.  I think the job is just printing them as it sees them.  Is there a way to specify the print order to Foxit before it prints?
 
ANy help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Re: print in specific order with Foxit print job?
Reply #1 - Jul 30th, 2010, 6:49am
 
Hello Eric,
 
Those PDFs are printed in the order they are detected by WatchDirectory. The order WD detects files largely depends on the "Monitoring Method" you use. The "Fast" monitoring method will detect files in the order they are created. The other methods are basically random.
 
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Ideally, I would like to print them in ascending name order as they appear in the directory when they're unzipped.

I am not sure if you are saying they DO appear in correct order inside the directory? In that case, using the "Fast" monitoring method should do the trick.
 
In all other cases (the pdfs are created in random order or you can not use the "Fast" method), we need to do a bit of scripting to get this to work properly. I will be happy to create the BAT scripts for you, but I need a little bit of input.
Can you email me the settings of your current "Print PDF" task so I can work based on that?
* stop the task
* right-click it
* select "Backup selected task" from the popup menu
 
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Reply #2 - Sep 1st, 2010, 11:59pm
 
Thanks so much!  I just sent you the zip file to your email.  Please let me know if you do not receive it.  THanks again for your help!
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Reply #3 - Sep 2nd, 2010, 6:45am
 
Got it.
 
I will work on a script for you later today or tomorrow.
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