Thanks everyone for the responses. Looks like cupsfilter is the way to go. Do I
need to name a .ppd file, or is that optional? Also, I don't see where I name
the input filename. I am a HyperCard scripter from way back, so I am dependent
upon others for stuff like this. So if I have the input file path and the
desired output file path, what exactly should my "get (shell cupsfilter)"
command say?
As for Dr. Hawkins' question about combining the PDF files, I discovered that
this can be done using a Python script that is a built-in Automator action
using a command like this:
get shell("python '/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF
Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py' -o '" & thisShort[x] & "' " &
theAddOn) -- adding pages to the existing file
"thisShort" is an array of pathnames of _resultant- files to which the
"theAddOn" page is added. The previous file [x-1] is deleted once theAddOn page
is successfully added to the PDF. This command is still working in Mountain
Lion (thankfully!). I can provide more details if you would like.
Regards,
Bruce
On Aug 26, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
> Oh cool! Just read up on cupsfilter and it looks like you're right.
>
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Matthias Rebbe <
> matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote:
>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> if i remember right, but i could be wrong, then convert was just a symlink
>> for cupsfilter.
>>
>>
>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/cupsfilter.8.html
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>
>> Am 26.08.2012 um 23:08 schrieb Bruce Pokras <bruc...@comcast.net>:
>>
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> I develop an application called Patent Grabber that downloads patents
>> from various US and international patent authorities. Unlike many other
>> authorities that provide patent pages in PDF, the US Patent & Trademark
>> Office (USPTO) provides patent pages in TIFF. From Tiger through Lion, the
>> following script (which I believe came from a member of this group) has
>> worked to convert those TIFF images into PDF pages:
>>>
>>> put "/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert" into tConvertApp
>>> get shell(tConvertApp && "-f" && quote & tiffFile & quote && "-o" &&
>> quote & pdfFile & quote && "-j application/pdf 2>&1")
>>>
>>> Now under Mountain Lion this script has stopped working. Users of my
>> application who have upgraded to Mountain Lion are left with a folder full
>> of TIFFs and an error message from my application that it could not find
>> any PDFs to combine into the final single PDF patent file. Does anyone have
>> an idea what could be happening?
>>>
>>> Since foreign patent authorities provide patent pages in PDF, I know
>> that the other shell script that Patent Grabber uses (which combines
>> multiple PDF pages into a single PDF file) works fine. I think that should
>> rule out this being a Mountain Lion security issue as a result of my
>> application being unsigned, right??? Everything is going on in the
>> Documents folder.
>>>
>>> Any insights would be greatly appreciated. My 2006 iMac cannot run
>> Mountain Lion, so I cannot simply do the upgrade to see what is going on.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Bruce Pokras
>>> Blazing Dawn Software
>>> www.blazingdawn.com
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