Issue setting number of copies using "-publish" in a lisp routine

Issue setting number of copies using "-publish" in a lisp routine

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Issue setting number of copies using "-publish" in a lisp routine

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Does anyone know if this is possible yet?  I'm using "-publsh" in a lisp routine instead of just using "publish" with a dialog box, because my routine is designed to gather up all the title blocks in model space and print them automatically. (I know I could use paperspace instead, but that isn't how our company does it, for whatever reason.) I also tried setting "IsSheetSet = FALSE",  "IsHomogeneous = FALSE", and "NoOfCopies = 3" in the .dsd file.  That Sent 3 copies as desired.  But then each set of the drawings were sent to the printer as separate jobs.  And when I set the first two variables to "TRUE", then -publish just ignores the NoOfCopies variable.  Is there a way to accomplish sending multiple sets all as one job? That way, if I need to cancel the print, I wont have to cancel each page individually.

 

If not, I was wondering if AutoCAD had considered adding an alternative command such as "-publishQ" or something.  That way they could avoid changing how -publish runs so as to not mess up how current lisp routines run.  That or maybe create a new system variable that controls whether the number of copies is expected by the -publsh command? That way it could be ran either way.

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