Yosemite pdf printout problem using preview
I cannot print pdf files from Preview since upgraded to Yosemite.
Need to fix this as soon as possible.
What type of printer are you using? A Canon? If so, there are several threads here about this. Please provide more info.
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Applescript to convert PDF to JPEG using Preview?
I know there's an existing script available on the internet that converts PDFs to JPEGs (it's here: http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25350) BUT, for whatever reason, the quality, even when set to 600dpi, is crap. I get better results simply opening the PDF in Preview then saving as JPEG... even a 150dpi JPG from Preview is higher quality than a 600dpi file from this script I found...
So, what I need help with is creating a applescript that converts PDF's to JPEGs using Preview (or whatever, as long as the quality of the JPEG is good). I have very little scripting experience so help is appreciate.
Ideas?
Thanks.Frank Caggiano wrote:
Decided to finish this up as an interesting exercise. Hope you find it useful.
One question for the Applescripters here. The Automator action run as a shell script seems to return a list of filename aliases but the return value while looking like a list didn't behave as a list. I managed to rip it apart to get to the filepaths and the script works but it seems really kludgey . So my question is given the return of the Automator run as a do shell script what is a more correct way to handle it?
Convert PDF to JPG
© 2011 Frank Caggiano
GNU Public License
Convert pfd files to jpg images.
The converted JPG files wil have the name of the original PDF files with the extension changed to JPG.
The actual conversion uses the Automator action Render PDF Pages as Images.
The user needs to create an Automator action with Render Pages as Images as the single action.
Set the parameters for the conversion in the action.
NOTE: this script assumes you're converting to jpg files If you select another output format in the action this script will
need to be modified.
-- choose PDF files
try
set sourceFiles to choose file with prompt "Select PDF files" of type {"com.adobe.pdf"} with multiple selections allowed
on error msg number n
if n ≠ -128 then
error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
else
quit
end if
end try
-- choose destination folder
try
set destFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select Destination Folder"
on error msg number n
if n ≠ -128 then
error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
else
quit
end if
end try
set destFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of destFolder
-- select workflow
try
set workFlow to choose file with prompt "Select Work Flow" of type {"com.apple.automator-workflow"}
on error msg number n
if n ≠ -128 then
error "Unknow error: " & msg & space & n
else
quit
end if
end try
set workFlow to POSIX path of workFlow
repeat with sourceFile in sourceFiles
-- get base name of the source file
set bName to do shell script "basename " & quoted form of POSIX path of sourceFile
-- Strip off the extension
set text item delimiters to "."
set bName to text item 1 of bName
try
set res to do shell script "automator -i " & quoted form of POSIX path of sourceFile & space & workFlow
on error msg number n
error msg & space & n
end try
-- Seems strange to do it this way but it works
set text item delimiters to "\""
set theList to text items of res
We go through the list of converted files. If there is more then one then the second and subsequent files
will get and integer added to the name to avoid conflict.
set cnt to 0
repeat with convertedFile in theList
if convertedFile does not contain "alias" and convertedFile does not contain "}" then
set fullPath to quoted form of POSIX path of convertedFile
if cnt ≠ 0 then
do shell script "mv " & fullPath & space & destFolder & bName & "_" & cnt & ".JPG"
else
do shell script "mv " & fullPath & space & destFolder & bName & ".JPG"
end if
set cnt to cnt + 1
end if
end repeat
end repeat
Hi Frank--
I tried the script you wrote and created the Automator workflow with the single action as requested, saved it to the desktop then selected it when your script's dialogue requested it. However, at that point your script game me the following error. Ideas? I did save the workflow as a workflow and I selected it directly, so I'm not sure why it thinks that the "workflow file does not exist" ? :
error "The workflow file does not exist. 255" number -2700 from «script» to item -
A simple and free way of reducing PDF file size using Preview
Note: this is a copy and update of a 5 year old discussion in the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard discussions which you can find here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/6109398#6109398
This is a simple and free solution I found to reduce the file size of PDFs in OS X, without the high cost and awful UI of Acrobat Pro, and with acceptable quality. I still use it every day, although I have Acrobat Pro as part of Adove Creative Cloud subscription.
Since quite a few people have found it useful and keep asking questions about the download location and destination of the filters, which have changed since 2007, I decided to write this update, and put it in this more current forum.
Here is how to install it:
Download the filters here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41548940/PDF%20compression%20filters%20%28Un zip%20and%20put%20in%20your%20Library%20folder%29.zip
Unzip the downloaded file and copy the filters in the appropriate location (see below).
Here is the appropriate location for the filters:
This assumes that your startup disk's name is "Macintosh HD". If it is different, just replace "Macintosh HD" with the name of your startup disk.
If you are running Lion or Mountain Lion (OS X 10.7.x or 10.8.x) then you should put the downloaded filters in "Macintosh HD/Library/PDF Services". This folder should already exist and contain files. Once you put the downloaded filters there, you should have for example one file with the following path:
"Macintosh HD/Library/PDF Services/Reduce to 150 dpi average quality - STANDARD COMPRESSION.qfilter"
If you are running an earlier vesion of OS X (10.6.x or earlier), then you should put the downloaded filters in "Macintosh HD/Library/Filters" and you should have for example one file with the following path:
"Macintosh HD/Library/Filters/Reduce to 150 dpi average quality - STANDARD COMPRESSION.qfilter"
Here is how to use it:
Open a PDF file using Apple's Preview app,
Choose Export (or Save As if you have on older version of Mac OS X) in the File menu,
Choose PDF as a format
In the "Quartz Filter" drop-down menu, choose a filter "Reduce to xxx dpi yyy quality"; "Reduce to 150 dpi average quality - STANDARD COMPRESSION" is a good trade-off between quality and file size
Here is how it works:
These are Quartz filters made with Apple Colorsinc Utility.
They do two things:
downsample images contained in a PDF to a target density such as 150 dpi,
enable JPEG compression for those images with a low or medium setting.
Which files does it work with?
It works with most PDF files. However:
It will generally work very well on unoptimized files such as scans made with the OS X scanning utility or PDFs produced via OS X printing dialog.
It will not further compress well-optimized (comrpessed) files and might create bigger files than the originals,
For some files it will create larger files than the originals. This can happen in particular when a PDF file contains other optomizations than image compression. There also seems to be a bug (reported to Apple) where in certain circumstances images in the target PDF are not JPEG compressed.
What to do if it does not work for a file (target PDF is too big or even larger than the original PDF)?
First,a good news: since you used a Save As or Export command, the original PDF is untouched.
You can try another filter for a smaller size at the expense of quality.
The year being 2013, it is now quite easy to send large files through the internet using Dropbox, yousendit.com, wetransfer.com etc. and you can use these services to send your original PDF file.
There are other ways of reducing the size of a PDF file, such as apps in the Mac App store, or online services such as the free and simple http://smallpdf.com
What else?
Feel free to use/distribute/package in any way you like.Thanks ioscar.
The original link should be back online soon.
I believe this is a Dropbox error about the traffic generated by my Dropbox shared links.
I use Dropbox mainly for my business and I am pretty upset by this situation.
Since the filters themsemves are about 5KB, I doubt they are the cause for this Dropbox misbehavior!
Anyway, I submitted a support ticket to Dropbox, and hope everything will be back to normal very soon.
In the meantime, if you get the same error as ioscar when trying to download them, you can use the link in the blog posting he mentions.
This is out of topic, but for those interested, here is my understanding of what happened with Dropbox.
I did a few tests yesterday with large (up to 4GB) files and Dropbox shared links, trying to find the best way to send a 3 hour recording from French TV - French version of The Voice- to a friend's 5 year old son currently on vacation in Florida, and without access to French live or catch up TV services. One nice thing I found is that you can directly send the Dropbox download URL (the one from the Download button on the shared link page) to an AppleTV using AirFlick and it works well even for files with a large bitrate (except of course for the Dropbox maximum bandwidth per day limit!). Sadly, my Dropbox shared links were disabled before I could send anything to my friend.
I may have used a significant amount of bandwidth but nowhere near the 200GB/day limit of my Dropbox Pro account.
I see 2 possible reasons to Dropbox freaking out:
- My Dropbox Pro account is wronngly identified as a free account by Dropbox. Free Dropbox accounts have a 20GB/day limit, and it is possible that I reached this limit with my testing, I have a fast 200Mb/s internet access.
- Or Dropbox miscalculates used bandwidth, counting the total size of the file for every download begun, and I started a lot of downloads, and skipped to the end of the video a lot of times on my Apple TV. -
PDF printing problem using generic template
Good Morining,
I am having problems displaying mulitple rows in my report heading in my pdf report.
ex:
Report Name
Reported as of : 15-JAN-2014
# of Units: All Units
Compoment Type: All
This displays correctly on the Oracle Hosted site. On my site I will only see the first 2 lines and everything else gets cut off.
I am currently using Apex 4.2.2.00.11.
Thanks,
MaryAll SAP said was review note 1993576 ... which I did, and that requires SP13 to be implemente, which is not available yet.
I imported the note in transaction SNOTE, but still I only get the first line of my headings appearing
Cheers,
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Reducing PDF File Size Using Preview
Hi All,
Trying to reduce the size of a large pdf file. "Quartz Filter" pick in Preview (Snow Leopard) is no longer available in Lion.
Tried making new filter in ColorSync Utility and applying, but file size is still not reducing, in fact it increases. Any advise out there?
Thanks.It is available, it's just that versioning is reaking havoc with folks 'cause you have to change your workflow:
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Solutions please. Accessing PDF files online using preview normally works ok. However there are a clutch of files on the mothers union web site that although can be opened, present text as pixalated boxes. The pictures contained in the documents are however displayed OK. I experience the same problem on my Imac and my wifes laptop that runs Lion. The same site has other PDF files that can be opend OK. If I access the same problem files using a PC laptop running microsoft windows, they are opened OK with the text displayed as it should be. This is driving me mad....
Raymondo1 wrote:
The offending PDF files were created using word
Yes. Word 2007. (You can see it in Preview if you do ⌘I or choose Tools > Show Inspector.) And it's the transparency issue. The three pics attached show the Jan 2012 newsletter (a) in Preview, (b) in Acrobat Pro, (c) again in Preview, after I saved it in Acrobat, flattening the transparency.
For you, the solution is to use Adobe Reader -- with due note taken of
<http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-01.html>
For them, I don't know. Presumably, they wish max compatibility for their newsletter, but I really don't know how Office 2007 generates PDF. Maybe they should check transparency settings and flatten before generating PDF? Or perhaps save as PDF v1.4 instead of PDF v1.5? I would use Distiller, but perhaps they can't afford it. -
Why can't I open pdf documents after using Adobe Reader security?
I have been able to open pdfs perfectly well up until I changed the security settings on Adobe Reader. As I read somewhere that Apples have an inbuilt pdf reader I trashed everything Adobe, but still can't open pdfs. Tried using Preview to no avail.
Is there some other way of opening pdfs without reinstalling Adobe?You didn't think of mentioning that in your first post? So it's not Adobe Reader or Preview you are having problems with. It's pdf's in your browser!
For Safari, you need to remove the adobe pdf plugins which Adobe apparently screwed up. You need to remove:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
I think you can "get away with" removing just the second one. But both for sure should allow you to open pdf's in a browser (all browsers). -
ICloud Stored Documents using Preview - Access with iPad
If I upload a PDF to iCloud using Preview, can I access that upload from my iPhone or iPad?
Huh, the issue went away, just as mysteriously as it arrived.
I'm thankful though. -
I am trying to combine multiple pdf's into one, using preview, but when I drag the additional pages they show up as separate documents. When I drag the doc in a line would show up in the past, and if I went above th eline all was good. It doesn't have a line, and no matter what I try I am having no success.
Please help!According to an Apple Support article, unless there are unforeseen issues
in file ownership or permissions, the combining of .PDFs should be simple.
•OS X: Combining PDF documents using Preview - Apple Support
There are a few variable and similar methods, some change with version
of OS X in use; some vintage OS X may vary a little in the process...
A variety of similar topics appear in search results, with terms:
" mac os x combine pdf into one " such as this page shows...
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mac%20os%20x%20combine%20pdf%20into%20one
If the system is older than Mavericks there may be other methods to try.
Suggestions are among linked results in the search. I see a few fair ones.
•Here's another that offers generally similar suggestions...* this info looks OK, extra links, do not:
http://osxdaily.com/2014/06/27/how-to-join-multiple-pdf-files-into-a-single-pdf- document-in-mac-os-x/
{ note: avoid clicking on links to products in * this ^ page, since they likely will not help & may be adware prone }
If you have a problem after trying other methods, based on an OS X
your computer is running, post back with more exact information...
Good luck & happy computing!
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How do I Apply a Quartz Filter Automatically to PDF Scan Using Preview
Hi,
Question: is there a 1-step process to scan to PDF and create reasonable file sizes.
I've found discussions on this, but no conclusive answer that someone has actually tested and used.
PROBLEM: Scanned PDFs are large
SOLUTION: use a quartz filter to reduce size.
The problem with this approach is that its a two step process
1. scan the file using preview (Import from scanner)
2. "Save As" with a filter applied to reduce size.
What I'm looking for is someone that's got this down to a 1-step process using only built-in tools of 10.6.
Thank you!Thank you for taking the time to reply - but not entirely true.
My use case for smaller files is sending them via email. You are correct that size on the local file system should not be (and is not) an issue.
Let me clarify why this is a 2-step process (for me) at the moment.
When you use preview (I've been unsuccessful with Image Capture and don't know it would make a difference) and hit scan, the document IS saved. You can then immediately quit preview and your document is still at the save location you specify. Hence this would be a 1-step process.
The additional step I need to do is "Save As" so I can invoke the quartz filter I created that reduces the PDF by about 80% in size with no visible loss of integrity.
I would like this filter to get automatically applied when the document is first scanned - something I'm starting to think is not possible.
I've gotten partial results by adjusting DPI and other factors of the initial scan, but not the reduction in size I can get by applying the filter. -
Finding text in a PDF using preview has stopped working (correctly)
Finding text in a PDF using preview has stopped working (correctly).
When I search for certain words in a PDF using preview, it correctly finds all the pages in the document with that word. However, it no longer highlights the word being searched for. I have looked through the various settings and cannot figure out how to turn this back on.
Thanks.4Shared worked, but having to register to retrieve files from there is a nuisance.
The problem is that you use special graphic state operators inside text objects which is not allowed:
BT
/printmatic_F1 58.133398014634 Tf
q
/DeviceCMYK CS
1 1 1 1 SCN
/DeviceCMYK cs
1 1 1 1 scn
0.62060289801053 w
0 J
0 j
2.189349112426 M
0 Tr
/printmatic_F1 58.133398014634 Tf
1 0 0 1 86.448306387737 264.65046258267 cm
(t) Tj
Q
q
/DeviceCMYK CS
1 1 1 1 SCN
/DeviceCMYK cs
1 1 1 1 scn
0.62060289801053 w
0 J
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2.189349112426 M
0 Tr
/printmatic_F1 58.133398014634 Tf
1 0 0 1 102.60939103581 264.65046258267 cm
(e) Tj
Q
q
/DeviceCMYK CS
1 1 1 1 SCN
/DeviceCMYK cs
1 1 1 1 scn
0.62060289801053 w
0 J
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0 Tr
/printmatic_F1 58.133398014634 Tf
1 0 0 1 134.93156033194 264.65046258267 cm
(x) Tj
Q
q
/DeviceCMYK CS
1 1 1 1 SCN
/DeviceCMYK cs
1 1 1 1 scn
0.62060289801053 w
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/printmatic_F1 58.133398014634 Tf
1 0 0 1 163.99825933926 264.65046258267 cm
(t) Tj
Q
ET
Have a look at the PDF specification ISO 32000-1:2008 (e.g. at http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/PDF32000_2008.pdf). Table 51 shows that q, Q, and cm are special graphics state operators, and Figure 9 illustrates that these operators, therefore, are not allowed in text objects, i.e. between BT and ET. -
PDF Export problems when viewing with Preview 4.2
Hi Everyone,
I'm an Indesign novice for sure, so this may be fairly basic to a lot of you, but I'm having problems with a document of mine. I've built my portfolio in indesign using PNG images from my book. In Indesign I've applied the gradient feather to each image to give it a reflection. When I export the book with no compression, it's too large, so I've tried regular JPEG compression (at maximum) and JPEG 2000 compression at lossless and I get better file sizes, however when I view the PDF in preview there's 2 problems:
1. The images look like crap no matter what with any compression applied. Very blurry, pixelated... generally looks like crap. In Acrobat, everything looks sharp and beautiful.
2. The reflections don't exist at all. There's just an upside down version of the image there with no transparency whatsoever.
I need it to look good in both programs because it's impossible for me to control who's viewing my book in what program. It's so odd because a year ago when I built my portfolio in keynote, it looked beautiful in preview, but like crap in Acrobat.
Any ideas?
Thanks!I can understand the gradient feather not appearing properly, and I can build the reflections into the original PNG if I must, but any idea why the images look so bad? They look fuzzy, and far from sharp with ANY any compression. The only way an exported PDF looks ok in preview is if I export it with no compression at all. Yet when looked at in reader, they look sharp (even with compression).
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Problem viewing secure PDF documents in Apple Preview
I have recently written an ebook that I would like to sell online. The original document was created using Pages and saved as a standard PDF. So far so good.
As a way of trying to protect the book, I would like to have it password protected, which of course I can do in Preview, however, to use a stamping feature on the server that would print the buyer's name and email on the downloaded book, I am told that I need to save the PDF as Acrobat 5 or later.
The problem I am finding is that if I save a PDF in Acrobat using any kind of security it fails to view properly inside Preview. The page contents are reduced to miniscule items that are totally unusable, but those same files open perfectly inside Acrobat.
So far the only way I can get password protected PDF files to open properly in Preview is if they are saved in Preview, however, I have found that these files are not compatible with the PHP stamping feature on the server that would add the buyer's details.
Does anybody with knowledge of Acrobat and Preview understand what is happening here and how I can resolve this issue?
Thanks
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I have an ebook here that was password protected for opening and according to the properties it was saved as Acrobat 6, however this does open properly inside Preview and her one works properly. I've been through the settings though numerous times and I am truly baffled why it's proving such a problem. The book I have written is about photography and just about every photographer I know uses a Mac, so I cannot simply ignore this question. -
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Hey guys,
I've been having problems with displaying lecture notes (pdf files) correctly. It doesn't matter if I use preview or adobe reader.
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SimonHi there,
I have a very similar problem: a number of pdf files that I can see perfectly well in Safari/GoogleChrome do NOT show correctly in Preview or ANY iPad app I have (Notability, Adobe, PDF Expertm iAnnotate, Dropbox etc.).
The problem is that punctuation -- with the expection of periods or bolded text -- does not show properly. For example, commas and quotation marks to not show, and some numbers to not show.
Moreover, once I have annotated/viewed the problematic file on the IPad and resync to dropbox to view on Mac vis Adobe (which I do with most pdf files with no problems), I get an error message upon reopening the pdf file saying "Cannot extract the embedded font 'FAFWQV+--unknown-2--'. Some characters may not display or print correctly." (the 'quoted' text changes each time). When opening in Preview, no error message appears, though the fole is still lacking punctuation etc.
Here is a link to one problematic pdf: http://niis.cass.cn/upload/2012/12/d20121201200145301.pdf
NB: the file is in Mandarin, however I can successfully open/edit/annotate/sync other pdfs using Mandarin font so I'm not sure if the language is related to the problem.
I would be extremely grateful for some help with this please!
Thanks! -
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