command line question

[nbrege]

I am currently using Adobe Reader to print PDF files from a command line. It has a "Choose Paper Source by PDF page size" option in it's print dialog, which gets applied when printing from command line, so that "A" size PDF's print on "A" size paper & "B" size PDF's print on "B" size paper automatically. Does PDF-XChange Viewer have this option/feature so that PDF's will automatically print on their respective sized papers? I would like to get away from using Adobe Reader to print files, but I have yet to find a free tool that will automatically print to the right size paper based on the PDF size.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello nbrege,

We do have a setting to select the page size by the PDF-page size, but I am not sure whether this can be done in the command line.
I will now try to find out and will keep you updated here in this topic.

Regards,
Stefan

[nbrege]

Stefan ... thanks for checking into it for me. It would be great if it works through the command line, then I could stop using Adobe. I will check back shortly for your reply on this.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello nbrege,

Please try the command line with these prameters:

/print[:[default=yes|no][&showui=yes|no][&printer=<printername>][&pages=<pagesrange>]] <filename1> [<filename2> ... <filenameN>]
or
/printto[:[default=yes|no][&showui=yes|no][&pages=<pagesrange>]] <printername> <filename1> [<filename2> ... <filenameN>]

the default should be set to "no" - in this case it will use the settings last used - so if you have turned the "Select paper size by PDF-page size" it should select the right paper source on your printer.

Regards,
Stefan

[nbrege]

Stefan ... thanks, I will try it. Also one more quick question ... can I print from the command line using the portable version of PDF-XChange?