Acrobat Options...

[Art Campbell]

Lester,
In passing, we didn't find a good way to ensure the size in the PDF
because there's no control over the printing engine. We included
dimensions on the drawing so someone could measure a known space and
verify that the template was good or not, but that was all we could
do.

Cheers,
Art

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Lester C. Smalley <lsmalley at infocon.com> wrote:
> Precisely - there is a physical layout diagram that must print at the exact size.  I could care less if they want to scale the VIEW of the PDF online, but it has to print correctly.
>
>  To my mind, making PDF arbitrarily scalable is the off-beat.  I want to create an electronic version that exactly mimics the original printed version.
>
>
>  - Lester
>  -------------------------------------------------------
>  Lester C. Smalley              Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com
>  Information Consultants, Inc.  Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712
>  Yorklyn, DE  19736               Web: www.infocon.com
>  -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> | -----Original Message-----
>  | From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
>  | Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 04:48 PM
>  | To: Jacob Schäffer
>  | Cc: Lester C. Smalley; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>  | Subject: Re: Acrobat Options...
>  |
>  | Not to step on Lester's toes at all, but we recently had the same
>  | experience, setting up installation manuals for lighting fixture
>  | installations.
>  |
>  | We wanted to include a full size template in the manual that an
>  | installer could use to drill mounting holes for the fixture. But if
>  | the PDF document was resized at all during printing, the drilling
>  | template wouldn't be accurate.
>  |
>  | So it's not an uncommon request.
>  |
>  | Art
>  |
>  | On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Jacob Schäffer <js at grafikhuset.dk>
>  | wrote:
>  | > I'd like to hear why you want that.
>  | >
>  | >  The PDF format itself is quite scalable and putting some unscaleable
>  | elements into it seem a bit offset from the understandable.
>  | >
>  | >  Please explain your purpose.
>  | >
>  | >  Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
>  | >  Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer
>  | >  Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse
>  | >  DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark
>  | >  Phone: +45 4439 4400
>  | >  Email: js at grafikhuset.dk
>  | >  Web: www.grafikhuset.net
>  | >
>  | > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>  | > > Fra: Lester C. Smalley
>
>
> | > > Sendt: 27. marts 2008 18:01
>  | > > Til: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>  | > > Emne: Acrobat Options...
>  | > >
>  | > > I believe I know the answer to this already, but wanted to
>  | > > confirm with folks here.
>  | > >
>  | > > FM 7.2 (Structured) and Acrobat 7 Pro on Windows XP, both
>  | > > up-to-date on patches. PDF's are generated by printing to the
>  | > > Adobe PDF virtual printer instance.
>  | > >
>  | > > I have an issue where information must appear at the original
>  | > > native size even when printed, yet many reader's copy of the
>  | > > viewer will scale the page when actually printing it.  I know
>  | > > that I can tell the recipients to change the print option in
>  | > > their copy to not scale or center the pages, but I would love
>  | > > to avoid that necessity if at all possible.
>  | > >
>  | > > Is there any way to set options for printing the resulting
>  | > > PDF in what I create, either from FM or in Acrobat before I
>  | > > share the PDF with the reviewers and end users ?
>  | > >
>  | > > Any advice or solutions will be greatly appreciated.
>  | > >
>  | > >
>  | > > - Lester
>  | > > -------------------------------------------------------
>  | > > Lester C. Smalley              Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com
>  | > > Information Consultants, Inc.  Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712
>  | > > Yorklyn, DE  19736               Web: www.infocon.com
>  | > > -------------------------------------------------------
>  |
>  | --
>  | Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
>  |  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
>  | and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>  |  No disclaimers apply.
>  |  DoD 358
>



-- 
Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
 "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
 No disclaimers apply.
 DoD 358