7.4

Table Of Contents

Syntax

passthrough( string, [mode])

Argument

string

String value to be sent to the printer. This string is sent as is, with no further modification.

mode

Integer used as a bitfield to specify when to send the passthrough. Use a value of 1 to send the passthrough in PostScript-

printer centric mode only, a value of 2 to send the passthrough in PostScript-Optimized PostScript Stream only, a value of 3 to

send the passthrough in both PostScript-printer centric AND PostScript-Optimized PostScript Stream modes (default behavior if

the parameter is not present), and a value of 4 to send the passthrough in Windows printing mode only.

Code Sample Example

Refer to your PostScript manual for valid commands.

PDFPageCount (function)

Returns the number of pages in the specified PDF file.

Syntax

pdfpagecount( filename ) integer

Argument

filename

String value specifying the path of the PDF file.

PDFWidth/PDFHeight (function)

Returns the width or height, in inches, of a page of a Portable Document Format (PDF) image resource.

Syntax

pdfwidth( name, page ) measure value

pdfheight( name, page ) measure value

Argument

name

String value that specifies the name of the PDF image resource.

page

Integer value that specifies the page of the PDF

Code Sample Example

This example sets the variable maxwidth to the width of page 3, and the variable maxheight to the height of page 4, of the PDF

named parts_manual.