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2010-05-28 10:18:30
cundal
Registered: May 28 2010
Posts: 6

I have been searching for an answer to this question but I can not seem to find anything that is quite the same.

When I create a new multi-page PDF either from a Word/Excel file or by scanning a document, if the pages vary in size, they still print out in the correct size for each page. However when a coworker creates a PDF with pages of varying size, they all print on 8.5x11.

For instance, page 1 is an 8.5x11 Word document and page 2 is a D-size engineering drawing. We want page 1 to print normally on 8.5x11 and we want page 2 to print scaled to an 11x17 page. When we click print, each page displays the proper dimensions, but page 1 prints normally while page 2 prints the D-size image on an 8.5x11 page (not the whole scaled image, but just the portion of the full size image that fits on that page).

I don't know if this discription makes sense as I am not a very experienced user, but it is driving me nuts. Thoughts?

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2010-05-29 02:51:59
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
In the Acrobat print dialog window, check the options they've selected for "page scaling" and "choose paper source by PDF page size".
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2010-05-29 12:16:30
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cundal
Registered: May 28 2010
Posts: 6
Actually, I did play with that setting. The PDF page size of page 2 is D-size (large scale). If I extract and print page 2 by itself, it prints properly if that option is [b]unchecked[/b]. But for some reason it has no effect when both pages are printed together as a single document. Very frustrating.
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2010-05-29 19:04:45
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Shoshana
Registered: Oct 31 2006
Posts: 6
You will have to reduce the size of the drawing to 8.5 x 11 inches. Go to "Image Size" and enter the new dimensions to reduce the image.

marysuedodson [at] mac [dot] com

Shoshana

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2010-08-06 06:23:20
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2525gambell200
Registered: Aug 6 2010
Posts: 1
This is exactly my problem and why I joined the users group this morning. When I print a multi-page document (created in Word, plus scanned engineering drawing of 11x17 converted to a pdf), then when I send it to the network printer (Canon C5051), it asks me to manually pick the paper tray each time the page size changes instead of automatically selecting the paper size. When someone else in the office sends the same document, it does not require a manual tray select but it instead automatically resizes the drawings to 8.5x11 (which is NOT acceptable as we are an engineering company who require 11x17). We have checked all the printer settings between the two computers and they appear the same. She is running Adobe acrobat 9 profession on Windows Vista business and I am running Adobe acrobat 8.5 professional on Windows Vista business. HELP!!
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