Create Print Setting

[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.