Create Print Setting

[gerhard.p]

Hello Dynamo Friends

I would like to know how i can create a print setting in python.

Orchid does it with the Print.CreateSetting node.

In addition i want to know which of these options i can control when creating the setting, or which of them i can adjust after the setting is created.

Happy about any advice

Kind regards!

[gerhard.p]

So there is the PrintSetting Class that can control all these Print Setting options.

PrintSetting Class

And it seems that i will need the Print Manager.

PrintParameters Class

Here some code snippets i googled together…maybe i will not create a Print Setting, but just stay in the “in session” setting and make my adjustments?!

# Set print range
	printManager = doc.PrintManager
	printManager.PrintRange = printManager.PrintRange.Select
	printManager.Apply()

	# Define current view set as current
	viewSet = ViewSet()
	viewSet.Insert(sheet)
	viewSheetSetting = printManager.ViewSheetSetting
	viewSheetSetting.CurrentViewSheetSet.Views = viewSet
	viewSheetSetting.SaveAs("Current Print")

	# Set printer
	printManager.SelectNewPrintDriver(printerName)
	printManager.Apply()

	# Print to file
	printManager.CombinedFile = combined
	printManager.Apply()
	printManager.PrintToFile = True
	printManager.Apply()

	# Set destination filepath
	printManager.PrintToFileName = filePath
	printManager.Apply()

	# Set print setting
	printSetup = printManager.PrintSetup
	printSetup.CurrentPrintSetting = pickPrintSetting(printSettingName)
	printManager.Apply()

printManager = doc.PrintManager	
printManager.PrintRange = PrintRange.Select
printManager.PrintToFile = True
viewSheetSetting = printManager.ViewSheetSetting

	#setup print settings
	printManager.ViewSheetSetting.CurrentViewSheetSet.Views = newViewSet
	printManager.Apply()
	
	printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting = printManager.PrintSetup.InSession
	pParams = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters
	
	for size in printManager.PaperSizes:
		if size.Name == papersizes[i]:
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperSize = size
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType.Zoom
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.Zoom = 100
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation.Landscape
			printManager.PrintToFileName = fileLocation + fileName + ".pdf"
			printManager.SelectNewPrintDriver(printerName)
			
			printManager.PrintSetup.SaveAs(setupName)
			printManager.Apply()
	i += 1	
	
	printManager.CombinedFile = combineFiles
	printManager.Apply()
	
	printManager.SubmitPrint()

Print PDF and rename the files

Is it by chance a archilab node? I can remember having some trouble getting that one to work myself so I wrote my own. If you’re interested, see the code below. I’m not sure if it exactly does what you want it to do, but it might help you find a solution to the problem. I think that you should be able to make some small modifications to my code to have it so it takes a list of names and uses shortlacing to set the right name for your drawings. This would prevent having to rename them afterwar…

I think this is the line i was searching for:

printManager.PrintSetup.SaveAs(setupName)

So thats pretty much information to start testing.

[gerhard.p]

Set up the code to adjust all available print setting options and save the print setting

import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)

clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

import sys
pyt_path = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib'
sys.path.append(pyt_path)
import System

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application

sheet=UnwrapElement(IN[0])

printManager = doc.PrintManager	

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)

for size in printManager.PaperSizes:
		if size.Name == "A0":
		
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperSize = size
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType.Zoom
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.Zoom = 100
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ZoomType.FitToPage
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HiddenLineViews = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HiddenLineViews.VectorProcessing
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HiddenLineViews = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HiddenLineViews.RasterProcessing
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation.Landscape
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PageOrientation.Portrait
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ViewLinksinBlue = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HideReforWorkPlanes = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HideUnreferencedViewTags = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MaskCoincidentLines = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HideScopeBoxes = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.HideCropBoundaries = True
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ReplaceHalftoneWithThinLines = True
			
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth.Color
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth.GrayScale
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.ColorDepth.BlackLine
			
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality.High
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality.Low
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality.Medium
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.RasterQuality.Presentation
			
			printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperPlacement = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperPlacement.Center
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperPlacement = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.PaperPlacement.LowerLeft
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType.NoMargin
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType.PrinterLimit
			#printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType = printManager.PrintSetup.CurrentPrintSetting.PrintParameters.MarginType.UserDefined

printManager.PrintSetup.SaveAs("Test Setting")
printManager.Apply()

TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

[Kbruno19891]

Hey Gerhard,

Question. Can you create a local print settings first, inject it into other Open Documents (Other files), and then use it to print?

AKA, Setup the Print Settings before printing to multiple files. I have been having issues as we received the following error:

Thanks so much boss.
Kevin

[DaktnerBim]

Hi, it worked for me but the printer configuration must be inside the document and if it doesn’t exist you will only have the default one, I would like to find a way to create the printer settings inside another document without having to enter the document.