Script to determine if a pdf file contains color

[Onenguyen]

Hi all!

I have a bunch of PDF files that need to be printed and I want to be able to single out the documents that contain color. It would save me a lot of time so I can run the black and white PDFs on a faster printer and only have to print the PDFs with color on my slow printer. I am pretty new to Perl so if you could please explain what needs to be done on my part I would much appreciate it! Thank you again.

 

[audiopro]

It might be faster manually sorting them into separate directories, unless there is a large number of them.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Onenguyen]

There are over 800 PDF documents.

 

[audiopro]

Good grief, how come you get all the good jobs?
I think I would be tempted to print them all out in B&W as they should greyscale quite well. If they are all from the same author, do a few test ones to be sure.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Onenguyen]

I would love to print them all in B&W, but I have to print them color for color.