Paint Shop Pro support - Scripting a printed selection palette?

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Scripting a printed selection palette?

Fatfreek

2005-05-28, 7:30 pm

I make text-based posters, many of them on 60" wide photo paper. It's not
cheap. I would like to somehow automate a task of making a sample swatch to
print to a small sheet.

For each text color I make up a set of 5 different small rectangles, all in
a row (I may have up to 5 different rows of rectangles), and fill them with
a background color. On top of that I place some representative text and
make the text differing colors abiding by some of my Lightness value rules
(Enough of a difference to read the text but not enough to be so stark in
contrast). Then I print that out to an 8 ½" x 11" sheet as a selection
palette for the exact combination I will finally send to the 60" printer.

Is this something I can script without a lot of difficulty? I'm not too
thrilled about learning another language noting that PS Pro uses the Python
language. I am skilled with AutoLISP within the engineering drawing program
AutoCAD.

I use PS Pro 8.10 (Yes, I just bought Spyder2 Pro for color calibrating my
monitor and I have my printer set for Color Matching but that all just doesn
't do the job.)
Len Miller
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To email reply, eradicate all threes in my SPAM guarded address.

Porter

2005-05-28, 7:30 pm

"Fatfreek"
> I make text-based posters, many of them on 60" wide photo
paper. It's not
> cheap. I would like to somehow automate a task of making a
sample swatch to
> print to a small sheet.
>
> For each text color I make up a set of 5 different small
rectangles, all in
> a row (I may have up to 5 different rows of rectangles), and
fill them with
> a background color. On top of that I place some
representative text and
> make the text differing colors abiding by some of my Lightness
value rules
> (Enough of a difference to read the text but not enough to be
so stark in
> contrast). Then I print that out to an 8 ½" x 11" sheet as a
selection
> palette for the exact combination I will finally send to the
60" printer.
>
> Is this something I can script without a lot of difficulty?
I'm not too
> thrilled about learning another language noting that PS Pro
uses the Python
> language. I am skilled with AutoLISP within the engineering
drawing program
> AutoCAD.
>
> I use PS Pro 8.10 (Yes, I just bought Spyder2 Pro for color
calibrating my
> monitor and I have my printer set for Color Matching but that
all just doesn
> 't do the job.)
> Len Miller
> --

Len, you might want to take your question over to where a nest
of smart scripters often congregate.
news://cnews.corel.com/corel.PaintShopPro_Scripting

Fatfreek

2005-05-28, 7:30 pm

Thanks for the tip, Porter.
"Porter" <camprattyremovemice@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:K72dnUh09u-TAQXfRVn-qg@comcast.com...
> Len, you might want to take your question over to where a nest
> of smart scripters often congregate.
> news://cnews.corel.com/corel.PaintShopPro_Scripting
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