Silent mode printing - pure cmyk

[hamed]

Hello,

I need to print a pure cmyk pdf file via PrintFab software in silent mode.

How can I do it with windows command line?

[zedonet]

Hello, command line printing is much easier done on Linux or macOS. Maybe the Linux subsystem for Windows would be a solution. Can you describe what you want to do, e.g. a photo booth or automated proof system?

[hamed]

Thanks for replying.

We have a standalone application that is creating tiff (pdf also possible) and we want to print them with PrintFab without opening the preview.

If we use third party software like Adobe/SumatraPDF to print that pdf with PrintFab driver, it will be changed to RGB color space.

Can you explain how we can use Linux subsystem for this workflow? Is it supporting pure cmyk printing? or any other suggestion.

[zedonet]

Hello,

it might work without Linux. First you have to build a commandline that opens PrintFab Composer where you can check your settings, e.g.

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"c:\program files\zedonet\printfab\printfabpreview" "--printer=Epson_EcoTank_ET8500 (PrintFab)" "--outprinter=Epson_EcoTank_ET8500 (PrintFab)" "--psfile=documents\test.pdf" "--ppdfile=C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\PrintFab05780002.ppd" "--options=MediaType=EpsonMatteHeavy_5 Resolution=1440x1440dpi PageSize=A4 zedoColorModel=CMYKproof zedoIntent=colorimetric-relativebpc_1 zedoCMYKspace=1000"

if everything looks correct, you can specify the additional argument "--nogui" for silent printing:

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"c:\program files\zedonet\printfab\printfabpreview" --nogui "--printer=Epson_EcoTank_ET8500 (PrintFab)" "--outprinter=Epson_EcoTank_ET8500 (PrintFab)" "--psfile=documents\test.pdf" "--ppdfile=C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\PrintFab05780002.ppd" "--options=MediaType=EpsonMatteHeavy_5 Resolution=1440x1440dpi PageSize=A4 zedoColorModel=CMYKproof zedoIntent=colorimetric-relativebpc_1 zedoCMYKspace=1000"

The printer's PPD file specify all possible print options, it is located in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3
for my printer it is the file

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C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\PrintFab05780002.ppd

Remarks:
- this way you can print Postscript or PDF files, but not CMYK tiff files
- specify "zedoIntent=none_0" to print without color management (CMYK passthrough)
- the printer name must be specified twice in the command line (--printer and --outprinter)
- instead of "--outprinter" you can specify "--output=filename" to print to a file (and send this file some other way to the printer)

[hamed]

Thanks a lot, it's working as we want