Good afternoon everyone, This information about printing to PDF was sent to me by John Elliot. I thought it might be of interest to some of you so here it is :
Have a good day! -----Message d'origine----- De : John Elliot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy� : 12 mars, 2003 17:51 � : Lessard, Catherine Objet : Re: MI-L Printing to pdf ... Catherine, bonjour from Oz I have struck similar problems in trying to print A0 size maps with raster background. I have in the past posted my solution to several people and I believe it worked for them. The solution for me (and I find it ALWAYS works) is to print to a postscript file. It does not matter that your client does not have a postcript printer - I will explain: Just print "to file"from MapInfo, using a postscript printer and make sure you are creating a postscript file. Then start Acrobat Distiller and go to File >open. Find and select the ps file you have just created. select it and click on "open". This should then open a dialogue box "Acrobat Distiller - Specify pdf File Name". Select a name for your pdf file and click on "save" - Distiller should then produce you a pdf file. A word of warning! From my experience, all ps files are not created equal! I was warned about this by a chap I contacted at Melbourne Uni. who told me that in his opinion HP printer drivers are very poor in that regard. I can confirm that I also have had all sorts of problems in trying to create pdf files from ps files generated from HP printer drivers. After some trial and error I now only use the Tektronix Phaser 600 Extended printer - this has never failed me! In case you don't know you can install this from the Windows Desktop. In my Win98 it is: Start>Settings>Printers; then select "Add Printer" and by following the "Add Printer" wizard you should be able to find the Tektronix and install it. If you are using a later version of Windows which does not have the Tektronix, (the printer is no longer made), then you can still get the drivers from the Xerox website - I'm sorry I do not have the URL. I am using Win98 2nd Ed, Acrobat ver 4 Interesting that the post to you from Darrin Clement is the first explanation I have ever seen as to what might be the cause of these problems. What he says seems to fit with my experience. I have screeds of notes I made on solving the problems I had, background info, blah blah. If it might be any further help I can email it to you. I hope this helps Regards John Elliot ---------------------------------- John Elliot Anzeco Pty. Limited mineral exploration consulting services 26 Casey Circuit, Bathurst, NSW 2795, AUSTRALIA Telephone +61 2 6331 4925 Fax +61 2 6331 9111 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lessard, Catherine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo Discussion Group (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 13 March, 2003 3:39 AM Subject: MI-L Printing to pdf ... Good morning, I know a lot of problems are regularly reported about printing to pdf, but I never seem to hear about solutions. The problem occurs when I try to print anything larger than 27 inches. I don't get any error message, I simply lose the printable area in my layout. With anything bigger than 27 inches, the entire layout becomes grey. As if there was a limit to the size. The dimension I need is 11*29. I've tried changing the poportions, orientation, etc : no change. I dont's think it has anything to do with the map's content while I've tried with various map windows, from the most simple to more complex. Any suggestions? Environment : MapInfo 7.0, Acrobat Distiller 5.0, Acrobat Writer 5.0, Windows 2000 Kind regards,<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> __________________________________________________ Catherine Lessard / <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIS Consultant KOREM GEObroadcasting Technologies __________________________________________________ 680, Charest East Blvd., Suite 120 Quebec (Quebec) G1K 3J4 <http://www.mapanswer.com/07_localisation/LocalisationDemoNav.jsp?street=cha rest+est&city=quebec&civicNumber=680&code=&profile=qdm> KOREM in Quebec City Tel.: (418) 647-1555 Fax: (418) 647-1666 1 888 440-1MAP <http://www.korem.com/> www.korem.com __________________________________________________ * MapInfo Canadian Partner of the Year - 2001 * Best New MapInfo Partner 2000 - North America __________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 6006
