We have a very similar problem. Our daily print stream of 500 to a 1,000 custom individualized documents is produced as PDF, because PDF is so great for our internal processing and web presentation. For non-web external presentation we print the documents on paper and mail them. Requirements call for some blue-tray, some white tray, some parts stapled, some bound with variable print on the bindings. So we put sentinel control pages in the PDF and convert the PDF to postscript. Subsequently the postscript is processed to remove the sentinel pages and insert device control commands. It sounds a bit Rube Goldberg but it works. It has worked very well in production for years, but I am told that it is an archaic solution and that my company is in danger. There is a limitation in that the PDF version changes when we use iText to merge additional PDF content before converting to postscript. The conversion to postscript still works well, but with the iText created PDF the sentinel pages are not formatted as they had been and the process to place the device controls fails. It is not an iText problem, but just a limitation of my processing environment.
I think the PMO calls it scope creep. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Michael Blumoehr [mailto:m.blumo...@arz-darmstadt.de] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 3:28 AM To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [iText-questions] Embedding Printer settings in PDF Hi, We produce with iText pdf files with data for our customers. The content comes from different sources and is formatted with iText. Every file has different numbers of pages and most of the files are later printed on paper. To automatize the printing process further the following question arises: - is it possible to embed information to control the printer? Especially selecting a special paper tray of the printer for special pages? I found http://www.traction-software.co.uk/pdfprintcontrol/ PDF Print Control which seems to do this. But this is an Acrobat plugin we cannot use because we generate thousands of pdf files with iText. Maybe someone on this list has an idea, how to solve this problem. Thank you, Michael This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Security - www.websense.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
