PDF export settings for the application object.
Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| acrobatCompatibility | AcrobatCompatibility : ACROBAT_4 ACROBAT_5 ACROBAT_6 ACROBAT_7 ACROBAT_8 |
r/w | The exported PDF document’s Acrobat compatibility. |
| appliedFlattenerPreset | FlattenerPreset | r/w | The transparency flattener preset to use. |
| bleedBottom | number | r/w | The height of the bleed area at the bottom of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedInside | number | r/w | The width of the bleed area at the inside of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedMarks | bool | r/w | If true, print bleed marks. |
| bleedOutside | number | r/w | The width of the bleed area at the outside of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedTop | number | r/w | The height of the bleed area at the top of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| changeSecurityPassword | string | r/w | Changes the open document password to the specified string. Valid only when use security is true. Note: A script can set but not get this value. |
| colorBars | bool | r/w | If true, add small squares of color representing the CMYK inks and tints of gray in 10% increments. |
| colorBitmapCompression | BitmapCompression : NONE AUTO_COMPRESSION JPEG ZIP JPEG_2000 AUTOMATIC_JPEG_2000 |
r/w | The amount of bitmap compression to use. |
| colorBitmapQuality | CompressionQuality : MINIMUM LOW MEDIUM HIGH MAXIMUM FOUR_BIT EIGHT_BIT |
r/w | The compression option to apply to color images. |
| colorBitmapSampling | Sampling : NONE DOWNSAMPLE SUBSAMPLE BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to color bitmap images in the PDF document. |
| colorBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The ppi of the resampled image. (Range: 9 to 2400) |
| colorTileSize | number | r/w | The tile size for color images. Valid only when color bitmap compression is JPEG 2000. (Range: 128 to 2048) |
| compressionType | PDFCompressionType : COMPRESS_NONE COMPRESS_STRUCTURE COMPRESS_OBJECTS |
r/w | The objects to compress in the PDF document. |
| compressTextAndLineArt | bool | r/w | If true, compresses text and line art using ZIP compression. |
| contentToEmbed | PDFContentToEmbed : USE_OBJECT_SETTINGS LINK_ALL EMBED_ALL |
r/w | Instructions for embedding sound or movie files in the exported PDF document. |
| cropImagesToFrames | bool | r/w | If true, image data that falls outside the visible portion of an image’s frame is not exported to the PDF document. |
| cropMarks | bool | r/w | Prints crop marks that define where the page should be trimmed. |
| disallowChanging | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot fill in forms, sign, extract pages, or add comments in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowCopying | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot copy and paste text, images, or other content from the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowDocumentAssembly | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot insert, delete, or rotate pages in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowExtractionForAccessibility | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot extract content from the PDF document using software tools for the visually impaired. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowFormFillIn | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot change form fields in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowHiResPrinting | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot print high-resolution copies of the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowNotes | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot add or change notes, edit text, or fill in form fields in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowPlaintextMetadata | bool | r/w | If true and acrobat compatibility is Acrobat 6 or higher, storage systems and search engines cannot access metadata stored in the PDF document. If true and acrobat compatibility is acrobat 5 or higher, users cannot copy and extract content from the document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowPrinting | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot print the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| effectiveOCRegistry | string | readonly | Effective PDF/X OC Registry. |
| effectiveOutputCondition | string | readonly | Effective PDF/X output condition. |
| effectivePDFDestinationProfile | any | readonly | Effective destination color profile. Can return: PDFProfileSelector enumerator or String. |
| effectivePDFXProfile | any | readonly | Effective PDF X color profile. Can return: PDFProfileSelector enumerator or String. |
| exportGuidesAndGrids | bool | r/w | If true, includes visible guides and baseline grids in the PDF document. |
| exportLayers | bool | r/w | If true, saves each layer as an Acrobat layer within the PDF document. |
| exportNonprintingObjects | bool | r/w | If true, makes non-printing objects visible in the PDF document. |
| exportReaderSpreads | bool | r/w | If true, each spread in the exported document is combined into a single page that has spread’s original width. |
| exportWhichLayers | ExportLayerOptions : EXPORT_ALL_LAYERS EXPORT_VISIBLE_LAYERS EXPORT_VISIBLE_PRINTABLE_LAYERS |
r/w | Which layers to export. |
| generateThumbnails | bool | r/w | If true, generates thumbnail images for each page or spread. |
| grayscaleBitmapCompression | BitmapCompression : NONE AUTO_COMPRESSION JPEG ZIP JPEG_2000 AUTOMATIC_JPEG_2000 |
r/w | The bitmap compression option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapQuality | CompressionQuality : MINIMUM LOW MEDIUM HIGH MAXIMUM FOUR_BIT EIGHT_BIT |
r/w | The compression option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapSampling | Sampling : NONE DOWNSAMPLE SUBSAMPLE BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The ppi of the resampled image. (Range: 9 to 2400) |
| grayTileSize | number | r/w | The tile size for grayscale images. Valid only when grayscale bitmap compression is JPEG 2000. (Range: 128 to 2048) |
| ignoreSpreadOverrides | bool | r/w | If true, ignores flattener spread overrides. |
| includeBookmarks | bool | r/w | If true, displays bookmarks and table of contents entries as links in the bookmarks pane in the PDF document. If false, no bookmarks are exported. |
| includeHyperlinks | bool | r/w | If true, exports hyperlinks to the PDF document. |
| includeICCProfiles | ICCProfiles : INCLUDE_NONE INCLUDE_ALL INCLUDE_TAGGED INCLUDE_RGB_AND_TAGGED |
r/w | The ICC Profiles to include in the exported PDF document. Can also accept: Boolean. |
| includeSlugWithPDF | bool | r/w | If true, includes the document’s slug area in the PDF document. |
| includeStructure | bool | r/w | If true, creates a tagged PDF file. Note: If acrobat compatibility is acrobat 6 or higher, tags are visible only when the PDF is opened in Acrobat 6 or higher. |
| interactiveElements | bool | r/w | If true, includes interactive elements in the exported PDF file. Interactive elements include buttons, movies, and sounds. |
| monochromeBitmapCompression | MonoBitmapCompression : NONE CCIT3 CCIT4 ZIP RUN_LENGTH |
r/w | The bitmap compression option to apply to monochrome bitmap images. |
| monochromeBitmapSampling | Sampling : NONE DOWNSAMPLE SUBSAMPLE BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to monochrome bitmap images. |
| monochromeBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The ppi of the resampled image. (Range: 9 to 2400) |
| ocRegistry | string | r/w | The web address for the output condition registry. Not valid when PDF/X-3 is the compliance standard or PDF export preset. |
| omitBitmaps | bool | r/w | If true, replaces bitmap images with OPI links. |
| omitEPS | bool | r/w | If true, replaces EPS images with OPI links. |
| omitPDF | bool | r/w | If true, replaces PDF images with OPI links. |
| openDocumentPassword | string | r/w | The password to enter when opening the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. Note: A script can set but not get this value. |
| optimizePDF | bool | r/w | If true, optimizes the exported PDF document for faster viewing in a web browser. Note: Compresses text and line art, regardless of specified compression settings. |
| outputCondition | string | r/w | The name of the intended printing condition. Valid only when a PDF/X compliance standard has been defined for the document. Not valid when PDF/X-3 is the compliance standard or PDF export preset. For information on compliance standards, see standards compliance and PDF X standards. |
| outputConditionName | string | r/w | The name of the output condition. Valid only when a PDF/X standard has been defined for the document. |
| pageInformationMarks | bool | r/w | If true, prints the filename, page number, current date and time, and color separation name. |
| pageMarksOffset | number | r/w | The offset from the edge of the page for page marks. |
| pageRange | any | r/w | The pages to print, specified either as an enumeration or a string. To specify a range, separate page numbers in the string with a hyphen (-). To specify separate pages, separate page numbers in the string with a comma (,). Can return: PageRange enumerator or String. |
| parent | Application | readonly | The parent of the PDFExportPreference (a Application). |
| pdfColorSpace | PDFColorSpace : RGB CMYK UNCHANGED_COLOR_SPACE REPURPOSE_RGB REPURPOSE_CMYK |
r/w | The color space to use to represent color information in the exported PDF document. |
| pdfDestinationProfile | any | r/w | The gamut of the final RGB or CMYK device. Can return: PDFProfileSelector enumerator or String. |
| pdfMarkType | any | r/w | The type of printer marks, either an enum value or the name of a custom marks file. Can return: MarkTypes enumerator or String. |
| pdfXProfile | any | r/w | The PDF X color profile to use for the PDF document. . Can return: PDFProfileSelector enumerator or String. |
| printerMarkWeight | PDFMarkWeight : P125PT P25PT P50PT |
r/w | The stroke weight for printer’s marks. |
| properties | Object | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| registrationMarks | bool | r/w | If true, prints small targets outside the page area for aligning color separations. |
| simulateOverprint | bool | r/w | If true, simulates the effects of overprinting spot inks with different neutral density values by converting spot colors to process colors for printing. Note: Not valid when the color output mode is defined to leave color profiles unchanged. |
| standardsCompliance | PDFXStandards : NONE PDFX1A2001_STANDARD PDFX32002_STANDARD PDFX1A2003_STANDARD PDFX32003_STANDARD PDFX42007_STANDARD |
r/w | The PDF/X standards compliance to test against. |
| subsetFontsBelow | number | r/w | Sets the threshold for embedding complete fonts based on how many of the fonts’ characters are used in the document. If the percentage of characters used in the document for any given font exceeds the specified value, the font is completely embedded; otherwise, the font is subsetted. (Range: 0 to 100) Notes: Embedding complete fonts increases file size. To completely embed all fonts, use 0 (zero). |
| thresholdToCompressColor | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which color compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for color bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| thresholdToCompressGray | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which grayscale compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for grayscale bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| thresholdToCompressMonochrome | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which monochrome compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for monochrome bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| useDocumentBleedWithPDF | bool | r/w | If true, uses the document’s bleed settings in the PDF document. |
| useSecurity | bool | r/w | If true, activates security controls for the PDF document. |
| viewJDF | bool | r/w | If true, creates a Job Definition Format (JDF) file using Acrobat. |
| viewPDF | bool | r/w | If true, automatically opens the PDF file after exporting. |
Methods
Array of PDFExportPreferencegetElements ()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.
string toSource ()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the PDFExportPreference.
string toSpecifier ()
Retrieves the object specifier.
Element of:
Application.pdfExportPreferences
Returned by:
Array of PDFExportPreference PDFExportPreference .getElements (
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