Printing PDFs with Illustrator + Adobe PDF printer
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:00 pm
I am running into some issues with my flow. Although in console some of them are just warnings, i am wondering if there is a better way to do what i am doing.
1. Illustrator file with metadata is inserted into Illustrator element
2. A script makes the PDFs using Adobe PDF printer( multiple from one illustrator file)
Things go wrong in 2.
2. When printing PDFs, i have to set the Output folder in Adobe PDF Printing Preferences. If i choose the output folder of the illustrator element ( not automanaged, but a folder on my HDD for example) i get the following error for each PDF that is created:
Cannot complete sendToData() for 'C:/Users/enfocus_2/AppData/Roaming/Enfocus/Switch Server/temp/121/ScriptElement/2/22/_00019_E70--D-0000229-L.pdf'
Cannot send job: path 'C:/Users/enfocus_2/AppData/Roaming/Enfocus/Switch Server/temp/121/ScriptElement/2/22/_00019_E70--D-0000229-L.pdf' does not exist
Since this is a warning, not an error, i can ignore this and files will still advance to the next element. But is there a way i can create the PDFs without getting the warning?
There is also a second problem that appears. When i set the adobe PDF output folder to either the Illustrator element output or another folder connected to the flow, metadata disappears from the PDFs. The metadata attached to the PDFs is the same that is attached to the illustrator file.
The solution i found for the metadata to still be attached to the PDFs after printing is to print the PDFs to a folder, which is not connected to the flow and then pick up the files via Inject wildcard using the metadata of the illustrator file.
I am not sure if the metadata should be there in the first place, but i have built my flow based on the fact that it is there.
Is there another way to print PDFs without the warning + why is the metadata disappearing when i print them to a folder that is connected to the flow?
1. Illustrator file with metadata is inserted into Illustrator element
2. A script makes the PDFs using Adobe PDF printer( multiple from one illustrator file)
Things go wrong in 2.
2. When printing PDFs, i have to set the Output folder in Adobe PDF Printing Preferences. If i choose the output folder of the illustrator element ( not automanaged, but a folder on my HDD for example) i get the following error for each PDF that is created:
Cannot complete sendToData() for 'C:/Users/enfocus_2/AppData/Roaming/Enfocus/Switch Server/temp/121/ScriptElement/2/22/_00019_E70--D-0000229-L.pdf'
Cannot send job: path 'C:/Users/enfocus_2/AppData/Roaming/Enfocus/Switch Server/temp/121/ScriptElement/2/22/_00019_E70--D-0000229-L.pdf' does not exist
Since this is a warning, not an error, i can ignore this and files will still advance to the next element. But is there a way i can create the PDFs without getting the warning?
There is also a second problem that appears. When i set the adobe PDF output folder to either the Illustrator element output or another folder connected to the flow, metadata disappears from the PDFs. The metadata attached to the PDFs is the same that is attached to the illustrator file.
The solution i found for the metadata to still be attached to the PDFs after printing is to print the PDFs to a folder, which is not connected to the flow and then pick up the files via Inject wildcard using the metadata of the illustrator file.
I am not sure if the metadata should be there in the first place, but i have built my flow based on the fact that it is there.
Is there another way to print PDFs without the warning + why is the metadata disappearing when i print them to a folder that is connected to the flow?