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Mike Wickham wrote:<BR> <BR>
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<DIV id=SkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV>> On 9/23/2012 11:52 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:<BR>> > Why can't you just print to any postscript printer (that you can <BR>> > install via Windows) and double-click on the PS file to create the <BR>> > PDF? I have Frame 9 and Acrobat 7.x and that works for me.<BR>> ><BR>> Doesn't that limit the PDF to the capabilities of the printer driver? So <BR>> if you create a PDF using a B&W HP PostScript driver, you may get a PDF, <BR>> but won't it lack color in it? And I don't think you can create a <BR>> 11"x17" PDF page with an 8.5"x11" printer driver. The benefit of <BR>> printing to the Adobe PDF driver is that it is device independent and <BR>> able to handle all features.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Exactly correct, Mike. The Adobe PDF virtual printer driver handles full color, high resolution, page sizes from very small to *very* large, and does not have a non-printable area at any edge(s) of the page the way every physical printer has to accommodate paper handling.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Fred Ridder</DIV>
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