Print all open documents

[dbytes]

Is there a way to print all currently open documents? I'm not seeing an option to do this and it would come in handy for times that I open multiple PDFs from emails and print them.

Also, is there a way to quick print to the default printer without the print dialog box?

Both of these would be great additions to future upgrades.

Thanks,

JJ

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi dbytes,

welcome to the forum and thanks for the post.

Is there a way to print all currently open documents?

Not in the current Viewer, though it is coming in V3 - after the initial Gold release I believe. For now you can select multiple files in Windows Explorer and Print from a right mouse click, that will silently call the default Viewer and send the print jobs to your printer. This works with the current PDF-XChange Viewer installed.

Also, is there a way to quick print to the default printer without the print dialog box?

No I'm afraid not. It will always call the Print Dialogue. I believe this is by design, so I've added it to the wish list just in case it is something that can be added as an option one day.

hth

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

There is a way to print all opened documents. You have to use JavaScript to do this (open JS console using Ctrl+J shortcut, paste the following code into console, and run it):

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var ad = app.activeDocs;
for (var i = 0; i < ad.length; i++)
{
  var pp = ad[i].getPrintParams();
  // uncomment the next line to print without dialog for each document
  // pp.interactive = pp.constants.interactionLevel.silent;
  ad[i].print(pp);
}

[mwidunn]

. . . A slow solution which caused multiple spooling problems with my printer. Would have been quicker for me to have just clicked each tab individually and printed the document myself.

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi mwidunn,

I'm afraid that this is the only option that we can offer at this time.

Thanks,

[amccc]

Sorry for necroposting, just two quick updates. If you are using the js code provided above and suffering from page misordering, you could add a pause after each page:

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      var ad = app.activeDocs;
              for (var i = 0; i < ad.length; i++)  {
                var pp = ad[i].getPrintParams();
                pp.interactive = pp.constants.interactionLevel.silent;
                ad[i].print(pp);
                app.alert(i);
              }

If you want to have a hotkey for this Print All method, you can use an autohotkey script.

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; --------------------------------------- 
; pdf x-change Print All feature by ctrl+shift+p
;
#If WinActive("ahk_exe PDFXCview.exe") 
    ^+p::
    {
        Send ^j
        Sleep, 100
        DetectHiddenWindows, On
        If WinExist("ahk_class PXCV_JS_CONSOLE") {
            WinShow
            WinActivate ; Use the window found by WinExist.
            ControlFocus, ATL:EDIT1
            ScriptText := "
            (
            var ad = app.activeDocs;
              for (var i = 0; i < ad.length; i++)
              {
                var pp = ad[i].getPrintParams();
                pp.interactive = pp.constants.interactionLevel.silent;
                ad[i].print(pp);
                app.alert(i);
              }
            )"

            ControlSetText,  ATL:EDIT1,  %ScriptText%
            Send ^{Enter}
            Send ^j
            WinHide
            return
        }
    }
#If

Using it for a year now, works fine.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]