Print an evil PDF file?
Hi, I gots an evil PDF file that I just cannot seem to print properly. Hopefully someone here can see what I've missed... The file is a train schedule, from NJ Transit. The old schedules - they were nice - Preview opened 'em and they printed double-sided on our HP LaserJet at full size. Totally readable. 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 Acrobat 9 won't install -- various errors. So I'm trying to use Acrobat 8.1.3 (on OS X 10.4.11). What print settings do I need to use to print this thing at full size, so I can read / use it? So far, every combination I've tried has resulted in cut off text at the margins, or so tiny you cannot even read it with a magnifying glass... Thanks, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Dan wrote: Hi, I gots an evil PDF file that I just cannot seem to print properly. Hopefully someone here can see what I've missed... The file is a train schedule, from NJ Transit. The old schedules - they were nice - Preview opened 'em and they printed double-sided on our HP LaserJet at full size. Totally readable. 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 Acrobat 9 won't install -- various errors. So I'm trying to use Acrobat 8.1.3 (on OS X 10.4.11). Can you feed outsized paper? Do you have an inkjet handy? Print to a long roll IN 10.5 (I don't know about 10.4, and a *lot* of improvements were made to preview in 10.5) I was able to select chunks of the page, copy and paste them into new documents. (Select 'New Document from Clipboard') What you can then do is print them individually. If you want to have a pdf that is savable, turn on the thumbnail view on these documents , and drag the page thumbnail from one document to another. You can assemble one large PDF from a bunch of smaller ones that way. Again, I don't know if this works in the Preview from 10.4. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
On 29 Jan 2009, at 12:22 PM, Dan wrote: I gots an evil PDF file that I just cannot seem to print properly. Hopefully someone here can see what I've missed... The file is a train schedule, from NJ Transit. The old schedules - they were nice - Preview opened 'em and they printed double-sided on our HP LaserJet at full size. Totally readable. 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 Dan, My experience with it was really strange (OSX.4.11). I could not manually download it 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. I then saved it as save as and it could be opened by Acrobat Reader 7.0.9. I then used the snapshot tool and it printed each half of the page on 100% landscape on letter size paper. HTH, Richard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
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. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
On Jan 29, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Dan wrote: 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. Hmm, I wonder if this will work A VERY useful Excel hint in Mac OSX hints today: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090126150357236 Place the pdf in Excel, use this to print one page high by however many wide? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
- Original Message From: Dan dantear...@gmail.com Hi, I gots an evil PDF file that I just cannot seem to print properly. Hopefully someone here can see what I've missed... The file is a train schedule, from NJ Transit. The old schedules - they were nice - Preview opened 'em and they printed double-sided on our HP LaserJet at full size. Totally readable. 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%. Acrobat 9 won't install -- various errors. So I'm trying to use Acrobat 8.1.3 (on OS X 10.4.11). What print settings do I need to use to print this thing at full size, so I can read / use it? So far, every combination I've tried has resulted in cut off text at the margins, or so tiny you cannot even read it with a magnifying glass... By Acrobat 9, I assume you mean the free Reader version? If not the commercial version has a crop tool. I just tried it in Acrobat 6 and cropped 12 inches to the left and I got a 8 1/2 x 11 document @ 85% of the right half of one side. Very easy to read. Following this procedure for the rest of the doc I would get four letter size page to read the entire document. I could have also used the printing tile function without doing the above at least with the printer I use. OK, you probably don't the commercial version of Acrobat. In that case check to see if the printer drivers you are using has a tile option so you can print the file in multiple pages. If not ,as a last resort you could use Preview and use the Select Tool to to select half the document. First your would likely have to rotate the document 90 degrees. Then copy the selected area to the clipboard and paste it into TextEdit or similar program. It will print as a graphic so it will still be difficult to read. I tried this and it is readable but something you would want to frame. Or if you have the luxury of processing InDesign 2.0 or later you can just drag the .pdf into a 4 page, 8 1/2 x 11 doc and crop it to fit and print it with no loss of quality. I'm a printer and handle pre-press so if all else fails, if you are not in a hurry I can send this back to you on Saturday as four page 8 1/2 x 12 .pdf. It will print at 85% --glen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Print an evil PDF file?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
