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 Sch?ffer > | 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 Sch?ffer <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 Sch?ffer | Chief Developer > | > Paradis All? 22, Raml?se > | > 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
