Dan wrote: > At 1:21 PM -0600 1/29/2009, Richard Smallwood wrote: > >>>This new schedule... is 24 x 8.5" !!!! Preview makes an unreadable >>>mess, fitting it to a page, or just looses 2/3 of the schedule when >>>done at 100%. >>><http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/r0090.pdf> >> >>My experience with it was really strange (OSX.4.11). I could not >>manually download it > > > That's settings between your browser and the pdf plug-in. The > default is to load the pdf into the app, not download it. Another > soln is to download it with curl. "curl -LO url" > > >>into Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 or Acrobat Reader 7.0.9. It did print out >>using Safari 3.2.1. I used legal size, landscape print, but had to >>reduce 58% to get it on one page. You can read it, but the print is >>small. > > > yea, too small for me. The hubble sized magnifying glass I'd need > doesn't fit in my wallet. :( > > >>used the snapshot tool and it printed each half of the page on 100% >>landscape on letter size paper. > > > Ya, &as Bruce suggested... Ok. I'm grabbing chunks now, pasting > them into GraphicConverter, then printing them. They look good so > far. sigh. pita. > > Tried to get the printed schedule directly from NJT... I was told > they don't mail them out. Checked the train station - they no gots. > The bins for them, glued to the ticket machines, are full of ancient > trash. So it doesn't look like they ever gots. sigh. Gotta love > these well-run quasi-government agencies. *grumble* > > Thx, > - Dan.
Dan, the dimensions for that document would print on a tabloid (11x17) printer. Even then, the type size would be small. That brochure is much too "busy" and could certainly have been designed better. JT (Trying to find an excuse to fire up my old Epson 1200) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
