Perhaps I missed something important in regard to the PDF-format, so I have to make my point clear.
PDF is itself a VERY accurate format. A PDF document is NOT itself scaled to ANY extend. So, why this request at all. I simply don't understand it, UNLESS you ASSUME the PDF is output via a print channel. In that case your bets are extremely poor, since it actually IS allowed -- by concept -- to scale ANY document, by ANY application or printer driver, at print time. I certainly hope that Adobe is reasonable enough to NOT implement any feature into the PDF format that disallow scaling at print time. Vendors that accept PDF documents for purpose-specific subsequent processing should accept to process native PDF documents as they are. If they cannot do that -- for whatever reason, though likely because they do not have modern equipment -- they should be wise enough to NOT apply scaling in any way at print time. Anything else, for any post-process, would be their own responsibility. Hence, the request from Lester would not have any meaning at all UNLESS Lester doubt about his vendor-capabilities. If so, find another vendor, or teach him what to do :-) 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: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] > Sendt: 27. marts 2008 22:25 > Til: Lester C. Smalley > Cc: Jacob Sch?ffer; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Emne: Re: Acrobat Options... > > > 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 >
