PPDFileInfo

app.PPDFileList[index].PPDInfo

Description

Information about a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file.

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Properties

PPDFileInfo.languageLevel

app.PPDFileList[index].PPDInfo.languageLevel

Description

The PostScript language level.

Type

String

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PPDFileInfo.PPDFilePath

app.PPDFileList[index].PPDInfo.PPDFilePath

Description

Path specification for the PPD file.

Type

File

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PPDFileInfo.screenList

app.PPDFileList[index].PPDInfo.screenList

Description

List of color separation screens.

Type

Array of Screen

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PPDFileInfo.screenSpotFunctionList

app.PPDFileList[index].PPDInfo.screenSpotFunctionList

Description

List of color separation screen spot functions.

Type

Array of ScreenSpotFunction

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Example

Displaying PPD file properties

// Displays postscript level and path for each PPD file found in a new text frame
var sPPD = "";
var docRef = documents.add();

var x = 30;
var y = (docRef.height - 30);

var iLength = PPDFileList.length;
if (iLength > 20)
  iLength = 20;

for (var i = 0; i < iLength; i++) {
  var ppdRef = PPDFileList[i];
  sPPD = ppdRef.name;
  sPPD += "\r\tPS Level ";

  var ppdInfoRef = ppdRef.PPDInfo;
  sPPD += ppdInfoRef.languageLevel;
  sPPD += "\r\tPath: ";
  sPPD += ppdInfoRef.PPDFilePath;

  var textRef = docRef.textFrames.add();
  textRef.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 8;
  textRef.contents = sPPD;
  textRef.top = (y);
  textRef.left = x;

  redraw();

  if ((y -= (textRef.height)) <= 30) {
    y = (docRef.height - 30);
    x += 150;
  }
}

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PPDFileInfo and related screen information

// Displays in a new text frame, the postscript level, file paths, screens, and
// screen spot information for first 10 PPD files found

var sPPD = "";
var docRef = documents.add();

var x = 30;
var y = (docRef.height - 30);

var iLength = PPDFileList.length;

if (iLength > 10)
  iLength = 10;

for (var i = 0; i < iLength; i++) {
  var ppdRef = PPDFileList[i];
  sPPD = ppdRef.name;
  sPPD += "\r\tPS Level ";

  var ppdInfoRef = ppdRef.PPDInfo;
  sPPD += ppdInfoRef.languageLevel;
  sPPD += "\r\tPath: ";
  sPPD += ppdInfoRef.PPDFilePath;
  sPPD += "\r\tScreens:\r";

  var iScreens = ppdInfoRef.screenList.length;
  for (var c = 0; c < iScreens; c++) {

    var screenRef = ppdInfoRef.screenList[c];
    sPPD += "\t\t";
    sPPD += screenRef.name;

    var screenInfoRef = screenRef.screenInfo;
    sPPD += ", Angle = ";
    sPPD += screenInfoRef.angle;
    sPPD += ", Frequency = ";
    sPPD += screenInfoRef.frequency;
    sPPD += "\r";
  }

  sPPD += "\r\tScreenSpots:\r";

  var iScreenSpots = ppdInfoRef.screenSpotFunctionList.length;
  for (var n = 0; n < iScreenSpots; n++) {
    var screenSpotRef = ppdInfoRef.screenSpotFunctionList[n];
    sPPD += "\t\t";
    sPPD += screenSpotRef.name;
    sPPD += ", spotFunction: ";
    sPPD += screenSpotRef.spotFunction;
    sPPD += "\r";
  }

  var textRef = docRef.textFrames.add();
  textRef.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 8;
  textRef.contents = sPPD;
  textRef.top = (y);
  textRef.left = x;

  redraw();

  y -= (textRef.height);
}