macOS Printing date on Pdfs Applescript

[danyaywest]

Hi there

New to the forums so go easy.

Iv searched for the past couple of hours for a solution but cant find anything anywhere.

Basically i need an application that i can open a pdf with that will print or watermark the date onto. Then i would need to print it an amount of times that i specify in a popup?

I would preferably need it all in one application because of computer illiterate people who will be using it.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[kryten2]

The Watermark PDFs Service example found here might be a good start.


Info : http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/15429/printing-current-date-and-time-on-each-page

 

[superscape]

The Watermark PDFs Service example found here might be a good start.

That's pretty cool. I started thinking about a ghostscript based solution but almost lost the will to live halfway through... Automator looks like a much better option.

 

[danyaywest]

The Watermark PDFs Service example found here might be a good start.

Cheers for the help guys.

After a few more hours of messing around in Automator I nailed it.

For anyone else needing a solution:

1. Use the date variable and then the "create banner image from text" action. This creates the date as a .png file.

2. I used the "Watermark PDF" action to place the .png file from above onto the pdf. Then opened the pdf in preview and printed. . Simples.

I can run the first script on startup therefore giving me the correct date each day.

Again thanks for the help. We got there in the end

 

[kryten2]

That's pretty cool. I started thinking about a ghostscript based solution but almost lost the will to live halfway through... Automator looks like a much better option.

I know what you mean

Cheers for the help guys.

After a few more hours of messing around in Automator I nailed it.

Again thanks for the help. We got there in the end

Any reason why you use the Open Images in Preview action at the end?
Perhaps you can use the Print Finder items action.

 

[danyaywest]

I know what you mean



Any reason why you use the Open Images in Preview action at the end?
Perhaps you can use the Print Finder items action.

Ahh In all honesty I didn't even see that. Ha. I'll have a play when I get back to work next week.
Thanks for everyone's help. Macrumors forums are awesome.