Batch-Convert Illustrator to PDF
Here’s a trick for updating the file format of your old logos and other artwork to a more modern format such as PDF:
Adobe Illustrator has a script that will batch-convert them for you! Just open them all in Illustrator (you can drag them all onto Illustrator’s icon), and then choose File> Scripts> SaveDocAsPDF. All the open Illustrator documents will then be saved using your current PDF export settings.
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What do you do to change the “current export settings” my current settings do not include printers crop marks and no matter how many times I set it, the script will not add crop marks.
There is, unfortunately, only the way to edit the Javascript file (at the end). Some of the PDF save options you can edit here, but not all. That’s the problem, how to find out what to add for cropmarks.
I looked at the script. You can’t skip the function to get PDF options, so it would have to be rewritten to get the settings from AI or better, open the Save as dialog for settings.