Hi Gary, Sorry, no idea what you are doing wrong - but a couple of ideas.
It may be that the pdf created has some problem that preview can handle but acrobat can't - in the past I have had similar problems with jpg files that graphic converter could handle but other applications couldn't - I found re-saving the file (from graphic converter) solved the problem. I used "save as" to create a new file rather than just "save' on the old file. So: 1) You could try just opening the pdf in preview and doing "save as" to a new pdf file and see how that goes. However I think the print as pdf basically uses preview to create the file in the first place so you may still have the same problem. Or 2) Open the pdf file in Graphic Converter and then "save as" to a new pdf file - that way you are using graphic converter to create the new file. (I would be very surprised if graphic converter couldn't open the file.) Rather than keep sending your trials to the printer it might be best if you had some way of checking them yourself first. Have you tried opening them using Adobe Acrobat reader <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> (free download) - if the printer can't see the drawing in acrobat, I would expect you to have the same problem in Acrobat Reader - which then gives you a way to check if your "save as" fixes the problem. If you don't see the problem in Acrobat reader on the mac - I suppose it could be a windows thing. I presume that, in your line of work, you also run windows (under parallels?) so you could also try the windows version of Acrobat reader to check the problem. Anyway a few things to try - good luck. Cheers Neil Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 29/5/09 9:31 AM, gary dorn at garyd...@eepo.com.au wrote: > howdy all > I've created a sheet size 841 x 6000 mm via Page Setup/custom size. > > when I Print>Save as PDF , it show up in Preview AOK. > > I sent the pdf file to my Printer (to print on his Wide format > printer) via email > When he opened the pdf in adobe acrobat, it > showed up blank. > > We tired moving the file via USB stick, CD but get the same result - > looks fine on my mac - blank on his PC. > > what are doing wrong. > > chow -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
