Print command in Actions does not print in Photoshop CS4Products affected
Issue
When you use the Print command in an action or to batch an action in Adobe Photoshop CS4, your images do not print.
Solutions
Solution 1: Upgrade to Photoshop CS5
The issue is fixed in Photoshop CS5. This is a major upgrade, and consequently is a paid upgrade.
Solution 2: The text below explains how to resolve this issue.
Alternatively, you can view a video.
Use the attached script to automate printing in Photoshop CS4.
- Set the printer you want to print to as the default printer in System Preferences (Mac OS), the Printers and Faxes Control Panel (Windows XP), or the Printers Control Panel (Windows Vista).
- Download the attached script (source2.jsx) to your desktop.
- Open a new image, or an image that will not be processed by the action, in Photoshop CS4.
- Create a new action.
- Choose File > Page Setup, and choose the appropriate page size and page orientation, and then click Done.
- Choose File > Scripts > Browse, and select the source2.jsx script on the desktop.
- Stop recording the action.
- Run the newly-recorded action to automate printing.
Additional Information
To process and print your images using the Automate > Batch command, embed this new print action into another action that processes your images, and choose that processing action in the Batch dialog box.
Paper type is one of the properties that is not accessible by the Actions or scripting system.
To turn off the Page Setup dialog box, you may want to edit the script as such:
app.bringToFront();
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myDoc.printOneCopy();
- Download source2.jsx
Doc ID
(cpsid_49122)
Last updated
2010-11-10
OS
Mac OS (All)
Windows (All)
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