Printing with Adobe Reader

[SJPONeill]

Thanks, Ron...really useful as I was also one of those who thought that 'fit to page' was the way to go - probably explains some funny fits as well (a good excuse anyway!!)

[Barry]

Check if you set your printer to a custom length greater than the normal it's the easiest way.can Do it a sheet at a time though you just use your normal paper if we are talking the difference between A4 and Letter.

[JT Fox]

I find that if I use "Advanced" and then "Print As Image" it will sometimes improve the colour of the print.

Cheers JTF

[ccoyle]

Originally Posted by Retired_for_now

Using Adobe Reader 8 I have options of: none, fit, shrink, multiple pages per sheet, and booklet. To do the scaling trick I have to select none on the Adobe print page, then click printer properties (HP inkjet) on that page and use the printer's effects tab to print at a "percent of normal size."

I'm using Adobe Reader 7, and I have to do the same procedure, except for some unfathomable reason, setting the '% of normal size' option seems to not be overriding the 'no scaling' option. I'm still getting parts running off the page, and I'm about ready to run up the white flag. Any thoughts?

[redhorse]

One other option for parts that overrun the page is to use the snapshot tool in Acrobat. It will allow you to only print the part you selected - just right click on the selected area and choose print. It doesn't work for really big parts, but it is helpful.

[Gideon]

Unfortunately, my printer driver (HP) does not offer a "percent of normal size" option. What saved me was downloading and installing a different PDF reader that has the option to scale to a given percentage from the software's print dialogue box. The software is called Foxit Reader and is available free at this website.

Foxit Software - Foxit Reader 3.0 for Windows

The other day I was able to change from 1:100 to 1:96 by priniting at 104.17% (nice resolution of scaling).

Hope it helps someone else as much as it has helped me.

[Ponchomx]

Thanks, very helpful for those who started.

[airdave]

I just want to comment on a couple of related printer thoughts...

most printers have no idea what paper has been inserted for printing.
it only knows what setting is chosen, for paper size.

the problem is if the image being printed doesn't fit within the bounds of the installed paper...but unless the parts on the model page reach the edges, then usually the parts will fit on the slightly smaller sheet.

its only if the designer has positioned parts beyond the print margin for that size of paper.

many printers settings include adjustment for margin sizes
allowing you to squeeze a little more printing room out of a page.
(some printers will even offer marginless printing.)

never..."fit to page" when printing. the rescale is not consistent between pages and you will end up with different size parts!
(also never "crop, rotate and fit" because this can also be inconsistent from page to page)

try opening files in some sort of imaging software (ie paint program)
and print from there, using the "print preview" and "print settings" options to postion and modify to fit.
this also applies to "Reader" programs...always try to avoid using the built in Windows print options
or your Printer software (that came with your printer)

(and remember, if you upscale or downsize a page or part, you must apply the same percentage adjustment to all other pages and parts)