I have a PDF I want to print using Preview.
With the current formatting, the text comes out too small to easily read on both screen and paper. Zooming to 150% solves the problem on the screen, but not on the paper.
Is there a way to save and/or print the magnified view using Preview?
If Preview can't do this, is there a PDF reader that will let you do this?
Mac mini 2018 or later
With Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, you can choose a custom scale in its print panel, but the enlargement means that now a one-page PDF enlarged to 150% takes up two pages, with the first page truncation appearing on the second page. It will also allow you to choose a paper source by PDF page size concurrent with the custom scale setting, but at 150%, you are still looking at two pages for one page content. You might need 16x20 to capture one letter page enlarged to 150%.
With Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, you can choose a custom scale in its print panel, but the enlargement means that now a one-page PDF enlarged to 150% takes up two pages, with the first page truncation appearing on the second page. It will also allow you to choose a paper source by PDF page size concurrent with the custom scale setting, but at 150%, you are still looking at two pages for one page content. You might need 16x20 to capture one letter page enlarged to 150%.
Good. What once were hawk-eyes, now use a computer-specific eyeglass prescription, because I grew weary of squinting and zooming. 🤓
I've worn glasses xince 7th grade. Now, macular degeneration, astigmatissm, and cataract surgery.
VikingOSX wrote:
With Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, you can choose a custom scale in its print panel, but the enlargement means that now a one-page PDF enlarged to 150% takes up two pages, with the first page truncation appearing on the second page. It will also allow you to choose a paper source by PDF page size concurrent with the custom scale setting, but at 150%, you are still looking at two pages for one page content. You might need 16x20 to capture one letter page enlarged to 150%.
I stay away from the "elephants in the room" that most people use, because they are generally bloated with lots of features I have zero use for.
But your suggestion got me to thinking, and I got an acceptable solution... Legal sized paper! Of which I have a ton of.
Opened the Print dialogue, selected legal paper, zoomed to 150%, and opened the new document in Preview. Almost perfect. Saved the document. Opened the Print dialogue, scaled a little more, printed. Just what I needed, something these old eyes can read! LOL
A plus, my printer does duplex printing! LOL
Now to find a binder that will hold nigh on to 50 sheets of paper.
Thanks for the suggestion, it got my old brain a'coodin'. <G>
printing magnified view in Preview
