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In AutoCAD we have been able to create additional paper sizes in the Adobe PDF converter. What we have not been able to do is make these additional paper sizes available to all of our licensed users in a manner similiar to what we do with other plotter drivers. All attempts to do this at the server level have failed. As a result we find it necessary to set the additional paper sizes up separatly on each machine but we have too many employees to make this a practicale solution. We are convinced we are missing something simple. We would appreciate any insights into this that any of you may have. Thank you.
Page 433 of the Adobe Acrobat Professional User Guide describes this, but making a custom PPD is a little tricker - how are you code wise ?
http://solutions.brother.com/Library/sol/printer/linux/rpmfiles/ppd/BR7025_2_GPL.ppd.gz
anyway -
If the printer and PPD file you’ve chosen for PostScript printing support custom paper sizes, you see a Custom option in the Paper Size menu. For printers capable of producing very large print areas, Acrobat supports pages as large as 15,000,000 inches (38,100,000 cm) by 15,000,000 inches (38,100,000 cm).
Create a custom page size (Windows)
1. Do one of the following:
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Open the Printers or Printer And Faxes window from the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Printing Preferences.
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In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Print. Select Adobe PDF as the printer, and click the Properties button. (In some applications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to access the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences to customize the Adobe PDF settings.)
2. In the Adobe PDF Settings tab, click the Add button next to the Adobe PDF Page Size menu.
3. Specify the name, width, height, and unit of measurement. Click Add/Modify to add the custom page size name to the Adobe PDF Page Size menu.
Create a custom page size (Mac OS)
1. In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.
2. In the Settings pop-up menu, select Custom Paper Size.
3. Click the New button.
4. Specify the name, height, width, and margins. The unit of measurement depends on the system language.
5. Click Save, and then click OK.
Use the custom page size
1. Choose File > Print Setup.
2. Select the new custom page size from the Paper Size menu, and click OK.
hope this helps !
Michael Jahn
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Michael Jahn
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Compose Systems Inc, USA.
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