Thread: PDF print drivers??

Perhaps I am missing the plot (pun intended) here, but Adobe Acrobat prints up to A0 size.

Originally Posted by miky

Perhaps I am missing the plot (pun intended) here, but Adobe Acrobat prints up to A0 size.

Indeed, plus larger if you use a custom page size. Which remind me, is there any reason why you cannot create a custom page size in Paper Port? A0 = 1189mm x 841mm.

Alan

Have you tried Bullzip ??

Originally Posted by p38arover

I'll try PaperPort for printing to a PDF file from RAVE. You can't print from RAVE to a PDF file with Acrobat (I'm using V9 Professional), e.g., when you want to send a page or two to someone via email.

Paper port is just like printing your page ... just saves it as a file instead of actually printing the page ... all the other PDF printers appear to try to save it as a "Active PDF document" ... rather than as a printed page in a PDF format ... you can also save it as a JPG / TIFF / ect

In the printer & settings ... select "PaperPort Black & white" as your default printer ... usual right mouse click / settings

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

We use CC PDF on XP and Vista machines printing docs and drawings, no problems and at all.

Your also a CAD operator? ... will give it a go

Originally Posted by peter5111

I run Acrobat 7 at work and 5 at home. The distiller print driver comes as part of the installation package and is very effective.

I dabbled with various free / cheap alternatives a while ago and failed to find one as effective and trouble free as Distiller.

Depends what $$ you are prepared to throw at the solution. I assume you need this for commercial / professional usage and can't go down the path of 'acquired' software...

I don't use Acrobat ... just CAD

Originally Posted by Ferret

As with all things "your mileage might vary". I used to use pdf995 but gave it away for cutePDF. It meets my needs. Its free for commercial and private use with no water marks or pop up ads.

Don't like pdf995 either ... as I don't get the required results ... I find that it is actually trying to create a "active PDF file" ... I just want it to print as a PDF ... which is what P/Port does

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Had no troubles with CutePDF on XP,

Originally Posted by Rudolf

cutePDF = XP. ....The best so far.

will give it a go

Originally Posted by miky

Perhaps I am missing the plot (pun intended) here, but Adobe Acrobat prints up to A0 size.

I not using Acrobat ... Just CAD

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Indeed, plus larger if you use a custom page size. Which remind me, is there any reason why you cannot create a custom page size in Paper Port? A0 = 1189mm x 841mm.

Alan

Custom page size can be touchy to set up ... I had it running sweet for a while , then upgraded to the new version of P/Port ... Lost the Custom sizing // reverted back to previous version , and now have dramas with custom page sizing

Also .... it doesn't like large size paper in colour (program crashes)

Originally Posted by Rosco

Have you tried Bullzip ??

No ... will give it a go





Thanking all for your thoughts

Mike

A more roundabout way of doing things might be to print to any old postscript driver that supports the paper size you want ("generic" perhaps) to produce a postscript file then use ps2pdf to convert.

Alan

I can vouch for CutePDF on XP, Vista and Windows 7 as being stable and fast.

I also have Acrobat 8 Pro installed with the Acrobat PDF print driver but find CutePDF to be quicker and simpler.

Haven't tried an A0 plot yet, but I regularly print A3 CAD and Visio drawings with no issues.

Cheers, Paul.