Saving an A0-size PDF

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Saving an A0-size PDF

Hi,

I need some advice on how to save an A0-size poster as a PDF via Mac OS X native "Save as PDF" feature. Do I need to set up a dedicated printer supporting large page formats? If yes, what printer driver would you recommend?

Best,
Dario

Powerbook G4 15 1GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 1Gb RAM

Posted on Aug 3, 2007 2:53 AM

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Answer 1

roam

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Aug 3, 2007 3:23 AM in response to Dartar

Hi Dario

You can save a poster size image or document as a .pdf. It isn't limited to A4. It simply means that saving an A0 as a .pdf would be one very large document displayed in Preview and you would only see a corner of it at full size but all of it would be there; all 84.1 cm X 118.9 cm.

As for printing it, obviously that is solely determined by the maximum size of the paper capable of the printer.

If I am missing something please post again.

regards roam

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Dartar Author

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Aug 3, 2007 3:31 AM in response to roam

Hi roam,

thanks for the prompt reply. When I save my poster (the original is a PowerPoint file) as a PDF, I obtain an A4-size PDF with only a small portion of my poster.

Here's a screenshot: http://nitens.org/temp/a0.png

Any idea why this happens?

Regards,
Dario

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roam

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Aug 3, 2007 3:44 AM in response to Dartar

Hi Dario

For Preview version 2.1.0 (Panther 10.3.9)
In *Preview Preferences*, try these settings as they work for me with an A0 showing at full size on one page.

Images tab
Default Image scale set to *Actual size*
select: Respect Image DPI for Actual size
select: Scale down large Images to fit printed page

PDF tab
Use Scale of 100%

regards roam

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Dartar Author

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Aug 3, 2007 4:36 AM in response to roam

Hi roam,

since the parent application from which I'm printing is MS PowerPoint changing the Preview settings didn't work. I double checked the page layout properties under PowerPoint and discovered that I had to set page size to A0 under Page Layout > Options > Page attributes, so now my problem is solved.

Thank you very much for the real-time support 🙂

Dario

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roam

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Aug 3, 2007 4:43 AM in response to Dartar

I'm glad you have sorted it out.
Those Microsoft products are tricky!

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