Print to PDF and specify a file name

[Ally_Sapoger@adobeforums.com]

The following script gives me Out Of Memory error:

var pp = this.getPrintParams();
pp.interactive = pp.constants.interactionLevel.silent;
pp.fileName = "/c/temp/myDoc.pdf";
pp.printerName = "Adobe PDF";
this.print(pp);

How else can I print to a pdf file and specify a file name. this.SaveAs gives me much bigger file.

Thank you for your help.

[Bernd Alheit]

Why want you print a PDF document to Adobe PDF?

[Ally_Sapoger@adobeforums.com]

I have a form that takes a lot of space (About 1 mb), if I use thsi.saveAs with flattenPages I can get it down to about 400 KB, if I use Print To PDF I gives me a PDF with a size of 108 KB. he form will be filled out by a number of users.

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

But if you are flattening the pages, there are no form fields for the user to fill out>?!?

Also, printing to PDF is a LOSSY operation - don't do it.

[Ally_Sapoger@adobeforums.com]

I guess, I wasn't clear, pages are flattened after the user fills out the form. I just need to reduce the size of the resulting pdf as much as possible. I got the smallest size by printing the filled out form to a pdf file. Leonard, if you could tell me:

1. What is the best method of reducing the size of the filled out form?
2. Why the script that I posted doesn't work?

Thank you.

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

The script you posted doesn't work because what you are trying to do is not supported.

But if you flatten the form, you can't get the data back in the future. It's no longer a form :(. I would recommend that you simply use the PDF Optimizer feature in Acrobat to let it reduce the size. It will give you an excellent reduction while keeping the form useful in the future.

[Ally_Sapoger@adobeforums.com]

The following script is from Adobe Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Reference, page 300:
var pp = this.getPrintParams();
pp.fileName = "/c/temp/myDoc.ps";
pp.printerName = "";
this.print(pp);

It gives me the same Out Of Memory error. Is this not supported either?

After the user filled out the form, I need to save the filled out form as a pdf file (not a form).
Filled out form has a size of 1.2 MB. After using PDF optimizer, its' size becomes 960 KB, after flattenPages its' size becomes 610 KB. If I print it to PDF, its' size becomes 230 KB. Since I have to store a rather large number of filled out forms (just filled out pdfs for archiving purposes), you can see why I am really interested in using the Print to PDF feature.

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

If you are saving these for archiving purposes, have you looked at the PDF/A standard (PDF for long term archival) as a solution? See <http://www.pdfa.org> for more info.

If you want to flatten, you can use Optimizer to do that as well. it has a "Flatten form fields" option on the "Discard Objects" page.

One reason that Print to PDF gets it smaller is that it is throwing away important information (such as embedded font data) that is important for the archival process.