Converting AutoCAD to PDF (in monochrome)

Objective: to convert multiple AutoCAD files (via Windows Explorer) to PDF - converting from color to monochrome.
Now......I can successfully print to pdf from within AutoCAD and get monochrome outcome by selecting appropriate plotter configuration.
My problem is stemming from attempting for this same outcome by selecting multiple files within Windows Explorer, right clicking, and selecting "Convert to..." options.
1. I always get the color version
2. PDF plots tend to have additional white space/margins (not printing to page size).
- I've played with default settings in the print driver itself.
- I've been in Distiller and attempted some customized settings there.
I just can't seem to find where/how to get a positive outcome on this one.
Since my job entails me to do this routine quite often I would greatly appreciate any assistance I can get from you "pro's" out there.
Cuz' this "one at a time" routine in AutoCAD is wayyyy too time consuming.
With great appreciation!
Tracy
I should also include the facts that I am using: AutoCAD 2011, and Adobe Acrobate 9 Pro.

I am also having trouble with converting AutoCAD DWG to Adobe PDF. I have tried several different methods. I've tried outputing the color PDF to a post script file, however that is still in color. I've tried using custom Color Plot Styles (monochrome.ctb) and Named Plot Styles (monochrome.stb), but since I did not create the original AutoCAD DWG (it is 10 years old from 2004), they are not the correct plot style files. I do not have AutoCAD and use ProE/Creo instead. I've tried importing into my CAD tool, however all the fonts are different. I've also tried exporting the PDF to a raster format like TIFF but the resolution is really bad for engineering drawings. If I increase the resolution, then it sometimes will say that the image is too big and in cannot save/export the image.
It seems like this should be really simple to do in Adobe. I have Adobe Acrobat Pro 10. I can go to Tools > Print Production > Preflight > PDF Fixups > Convert to grayscale, which will convert to grayscale, but not to monochrome. Similarly I can go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors and select Conversion Profile to Gray Gamma 2.2, however that still will produce grayscale, but not monochrome.
References:
Converting Color PDF to Greyscale PDF (An Update)
Converting Color PDFs to Greyscale or Black and White
Convert autocad to PDF in black and white

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> then mail sending.
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include data_declare. " pasted down
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EXPORTING
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 EXPORTING
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 IMPORTING
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 TABLES
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 EXCEPTIONS
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Transfer the 132-long strings to 255-long strings
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DO.
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 SHIFT gd_buffer LEFT BY 255 PLACES.
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 ENDIF.
ENDDO.
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DATA: p_email LIKE somlreci1-receiver,
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 sub(40).
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gd_attachment_desc = text-002.
it_mess_bod = text-001.
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 TABLES it_mess_bod
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 text
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 -->P_GD_ATTACHMENT_NAME text
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REFRESH t_attachment.
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t_packing_list-head_start = 1.
t_packing_list-head_num = 0.
t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
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Create attachment notification
t_packing_list-transf_bin = 'X'.
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t_packing_list-head_num = 1.
t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
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t_packing_list-obj_descr = ld_attdescription.
t_packing_list-obj_name = ld_attfilename.
t_packing_list-doc_size = t_packing_list-body_num * 255.
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t_receivers-com_type = 'INT'.
t_receivers-notif_del = 'X'.
t_receivers-notif_ndel = 'X'.
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 TABLES
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 operation_no_authorization = 4
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 gd_attachment_name TYPE so_obj_des.
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Binary store for PDF
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Hi Prashant,
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DATA: gt_tab TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF gty_tab, " Spool Requests
 gt_pdf TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF tline, " SAPscript: Text Lines
 gt_spoolid TYPE tsfspoolid, " Table with Spool IDs
 gt_otfdata TYPE ssfcrescl. " Smart Forms: Return value at end of form prnt
*********Variable Declarations ****************************
DATA: gv_bytecount TYPE i, "#EC NEEDED " PDF Byte Count
 gv_file_name TYPE string, " File name
 gv_file_path TYPE string, " File Path
 gv_full_path TYPE string, " Path
 gv_binfilesize TYPE i, " Bin File size
 gv_rqident TYPE tsp01-rqident, " Spool request number
 gv_name TYPE tst01-dname, " TemSe object name
 gv_objtype TYPE rststype-type, " TemSe: Object type name
 gv_type TYPE rststype-type. " TemSe: Object type name
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
 EXPORTING
 formname = 'ZPDF_G'
 IMPORTING
 fm_name = form_name
 EXCEPTIONS
 no_form = 1
 no_function_module = 2
 OTHERS = 3.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
*Get Spool IDs
wa_outopt-tdnewid = 'X'.
wa_outopt-tddest = 'LP01'.
CALL FUNCTION form_name
 EXPORTING
 output_options = wa_outopt
 user_settings = 'X'
 IMPORTING
 job_output_info = gt_otfdata
 EXCEPTIONS
 formatting_error = 1
 internal_error = 2
 send_error = 3
 user_canceled = 4
 OTHERS = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
*Assign the spool id
gt_spoolid = gt_otfdata-spoolids.
Generate spool and pdf for the output of the form
PERFORM sub_generate_spool_pdf.
END-OF-SELECTION.
*& Form sub_generate_spool_pdf
 Generate Spool and PDF output
FORM sub_generate_spool_pdf .
DATA: ls_spoolid LIKE LINE OF gt_spoolid.
*----Get the Spool Number
CLEAR ls_spoolid.
READ TABLE gt_spoolid INTO ls_spoolid INDEX 1.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
 gv_rqident = ls_spoolid.
ENDIF.
CLEAR gt_tab.
SELECT rqident rqdoctype rqo1name INTO TABLE gt_tab
 FROM tsp01 WHERE rqident = gv_rqident.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
 CLEAR gs_tab.
Get the TemSe: Object name into variable gv_name
 READ TABLE gt_tab INTO gs_tab INDEX 1.
 IF sy-subrc = 0.
 gv_name = gs_tab-rqo1name.
 ENDIF.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION 'RSTS_GET_ATTRIBUTES'
 EXPORTING
 authority = 'SP01'
 client = sy-mandt
 name = gv_name
 part = 1
 IMPORTING
 type = gv_type
 objtype = gv_objtype
 EXCEPTIONS
 fb_error = 1
 fb_rsts_other = 2
 no_object = 3
 no_permission = 4
 OTHERS = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
Check if temse object name type is 'OTF' or 'LIST'
IF gv_objtype(3) = 'OTF'.
 PERFORM get_otf_spool_in_pdf.
ELSE.
 PERFORM get_abap_spool_in_pdf.
ENDIF.
Generate F4 functionality from spool to pdf
PERFORM write_pdf_spool_to_pc.
ENDFORM. " sub_generate_spool_pdf
*& Form get_abap_spool_in_pdf
 Generate the Spool number
FORM get_abap_spool_in_pdf .
REFRESH gt_pdf.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
 EXPORTING
 src_spoolid = gv_rqident
 IMPORTING
 pdf_bytecount = gv_bytecount
 TABLES
 pdf = gt_pdf
 EXCEPTIONS
 err_no_abap_spooljob = 1
 err_no_spooljob = 2
 err_no_permission = 3
 err_conv_not_possible = 4
 err_bad_destdevice = 5
 user_cancelled = 6
 err_spoolerror = 7
 err_temseerror = 8
 err_btcjob_open_failed = 9
 err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
 err_btcjob_close_failed = 11
 OTHERS = 12.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. " get_abap_spool_in_pdf
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FORM get_otf_spool_in_pdf .
REFRESH gt_pdf.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTFSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
 EXPORTING
 src_spoolid = gv_rqident
 IMPORTING
 pdf_bytecount = gv_bytecount
 TABLES
 pdf = gt_pdf
 EXCEPTIONS
 err_no_otf_spooljob = 1
 err_no_spooljob = 2
 err_no_permission = 3
 err_conv_not_possible = 4
 err_bad_dstdevice = 5
 user_cancelled = 6
 err_spoolerror = 7
 err_temseerror = 8
 err_btcjob_open_failed = 9
 err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
 err_btcjob_close_failed = 11
 OTHERS = 12.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. " get_otf_spool_in_pdf
*& Form write_pdf_spool_to_pc
 Generate PDF format
FORM write_pdf_spool_to_pc .
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog
 CHANGING
 filename = gv_file_name
 path = gv_file_path
 fullpath = gv_full_path
 EXCEPTIONS
 cntl_error = 1
 error_no_gui = 2
 not_supported_by_gui = 3
 OTHERS = 4.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
----DOWNLOADING THE PDF DATA***
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
 EXPORTING
 bin_filesize = gv_binfilesize
 filename = gv_full_path
 filetype = 'BIN'
 TABLES
 data_tab = gt_pdf
 EXCEPTIONS
 file_write_error = 1
 no_batch = 2
 gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
 invalid_type = 4
 no_authority = 5
 unknown_error = 6
 header_not_allowed = 7
 separator_not_allowed = 8
 filesize_not_allowed = 9
 header_too_long = 10
 dp_error_create = 11
 dp_error_send = 12
 dp_error_write = 13
 unknown_dp_error = 14
 access_denied = 15
 dp_out_of_memory = 16
 disk_full = 17
 dp_timeout = 18
 file_not_found = 19
 dataprovider_exception = 20
 control_flush_error = 21
 OTHERS = 22.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. " write_pdf_spool_to_pc

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