topic Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files in Mapping Questions

Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

deleted-user-ATjHIWsdQYmT — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:39:41 GMT

I'm looking for a way to export out each Data Driven Page of a map document to a Plot file (.PRN). I don't want to send them all to the printer at once. I'd like to be able to write them out to plot files (.PRN) and send them as needed. I imagine this could be done via Python but I'm not to versed in it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

deleted-user-ATjHIWsdQYmT — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:27:50 GMT

OK, I've muddled my way through Python and have written some code to export out each page as a PRN. New Problem: the files are HUGE! If I write out just one page using file-->print (check box print to file) I get a 65MB file. Using arcpy (code below) my PRN is over 200MB.

I can't see a way to set printer parameters. am I missing something?

FYI - there is an ortho overlaid.

import arcpy
MxdPath = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
OutPath = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
PrinterPath = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(MxdPath)
arcpy.SetProgressor("default","Exporting Data Driven Page to Plotfile...")
arcpy.SetProgressor("step","",0,mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount,1)
for pageNum in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount + 1):
    mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum
    pageName = mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageRow.SORTMAPNUM
    arcpy.SetProgressorLabel("Exporting page {0} of {1}".format(str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID), str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount)))
    arcpy.SetProgressorPosition(mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID)
    arcpy.AddMessage("Writing File: " + OutPath + "\\"  + str(pageName) + ".prn")
    arcpy.mapping.PrintMap(mxd,PrinterPath,"PAGE_LAYOUT",OutPath + "\\"  + str(pageName) + ".prn")

del mxd

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

JeffBarrette — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:38:38 GMT

We reproduced this bug an will hopefully be able to address it in the next service pack.

If you want to check its status, it is: NIM067146

Thanks!
Jeff

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

deleted-user-ATjHIWsdQYmT — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:15:28 GMT

I contacted Tech Support after I posted this and they logged this as a bug. They logged it as: NIM066026. Perhaps these two NIM's should be combined.

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

JeffBarrette — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:40:55 GMT

We addressed this issue. Arcpy.mapping was always using BEST for image quality therefore the image sizes were always larger. We've exposed a new {image_quality} parameter to the PrintMap function.

Jeff

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

deleted-user-ATjHIWsdQYmT — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:51:06 GMT

I imagine this is a post-SP2 fix?

Re: Print/Export Data Driven Pages to plot files

JeffBarrette — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:56:04 GMT

Yes. The fix was just verified. It is marked to go into SP3.

Jeff