Is there a way to quickly print all open tabs?

[PLuGGPro]

Hello...

Firstly, sorry if this is has already been answered, but the search filters out the search term "print", so I get a ton of results.

I'm in a situation where I have folders that can have more than 150 single-page PDFs, and the document management software that I am using doesn't have a print option, only open. When I open the files, they open in seperate tabs in PDF-XChange as expected, but I'm wondering if there's some sort of a "Print All Tabs" option or macro, or perhaps a way to combine all tabs into a temporary single pdf to print that.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I can just select multiple files in Windows Explorer, right-click, and select print. Doesn't that work for you? I am using Windows XP Home.

[PLuGGPro]

That functionality does work, but it does not apply to my problem.

As I said, I am dealing with a document management system for organization that does not have an integrated print option. The effort and time involved in Alt+Tabbing back and forth between my DMS and Explorer to Ctrl+Click the various specific PDF's I need so I can Right Click > Print is not user-friendly. I am searching for a PDF viewer that uses tabs, and lets me print the pages in all open tabs easily.

So far, this program and Foxit reader are the only tabbed PDF viewers I have come across, and Foxit does not work properly.

For the sake of explaining my entire setup for those interested:
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I am dealing with folders containing medical records. Each folder will usually have 5 different types of documents (Application, Forms, Personal Identification, Bills, and Medical Records). I need to be able to easily replace documents with updated versions, which often may be a single page of a multi-page application. To that end, I have found that the most effective solution is to store every page as a seperate PDF, and then organize them with Adobe Bridge.

Bridge is really meant for photos, but it suits my organizational needs by letting me easily "stack" like documents into virtual piles. If I scan in an updated page, I can add the new page to the stack and place it in the correct order, and delete the old page from the stack, all very easily.

The problem is that Bridge is meant for organizing and viewing... the program lacks print functionality of any kind. There are times where I need to print the entire file, and there are times where I need to pick and choose several pages inside potentially hundreds of sheets. Bridge shows me graphical representations of the pages, so it's a very quick process to visually scan and Ctrl+Click on the pages that I want.

At this point, once I have the pages selected, the only thing Bridge lets me do is open them. Doing this opens each page into its own tab in PDFX, but this is where I'm stuck. In a case where I'm opening dozens of pages, I need a way to print all open tabs, and my problem is solved. Or, like I said, combine open tabs into a temporary single document so I can then print that.

And, to head off a possible question of why I don't just sort the different 5 file types into separate folders, then answer is because there are times where I need to pick and choose several single sheets from multiple categories for printing; its rarely that I just need to print all of one type.

Hopefully someone out there has a solution for me. And no, I'm not married to Bridge or PDFX, but to consider anything else it would need to be as cheap as free... my IT budget is exhausted for the moment.

Thanks again in advance.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Does Bridge allow you to copy the selected files into a temporary folder?

[PLuGGPro]

Interesting thought... It does, as a matter of fact.

So now I can copy the pages I want to print to a Temp Folder, then Right Click > Print those files.

...except for now I'm experiencing a new problem. Regardless of how I set the printer preferences on two separate printers, when I right click > print on the files, either printer wants me to use the manual feed tray. Printing inside of PDFX works fine.

Is this the nature of Right Click > Print? Any ideas on where I can change this behavior?

If it makes a bit of difference, I'm controlling a VMware session, and printing locally. Right Click > Printing a local PDF to a local printer works fine, so the problem is either with the remote pc, or the fact that it's a remote desktop session.

[PLuGGPro]

Update... my printer problem is caused by PDFX. When I switch my default printer to Adobe Reader, it's slower, but it prints to the default tray.

This will be a workable solution, but if anyone has any solution to my original request, I'd appreciate it.

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

Will try to realize your original request into build 42.
To be honest it is almost posible to do this even into current build via this JavaScript

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var a = app.activeDocs;
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { a[i].print(); }

But, due to not complete realization of print method, you cannot pass arguments for now.

[PLuGGPro]

Thanks for your support! I wil be looking forward to Build 42 then.

[freedml]

I'd like that feature, too!

[freedml]

Ok, the Javascript code does what I was hoping, sort of.

Is there any way to 'save' and then 'open' the javascript from within PDFXChV? Or do I have to store it somewhere else and copy and paste it into the window each session?

This brings up the Print dialog for each file and doesn't check an option in the 'pages' section. Is there a reason it doesn't have a default for this choice?

I think the goal would be to bypass the Print window and print 'all pages, all documents, default settings'? Some programs (like Outlook) have this function where the Print icon on the menu bar prints the current file, 1 copy, default printer, default settings. If you want the print dialog in Outlook, you select File-Print or Ctrl-P.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

freedml,

I am not aware of any way to store such scripts into the viewer for future use, so please use a text file.

As for why there is no selection in the pages section, we will have to wait for one of the Dev guys to answer.

Aaand as Ivan said printing all opened documents is "sort of" implemented
When they have the time they will see how to make printing of all opened tabs possible and without the print dialog for each file.

Regards,
Stefan

[jessered57]

Will try to realize your original request into build 42.

Pro Version 42.9 now.

You have no idea how handy this feature would be for some of us. Any further updates on implementing this?

Alternatively batch print with the ability to set the print order manually in PDF-Tools?

Jesse