Thanks again Ronni and also James for your suggestions.
I'm not sure what happened, and I may have subconsciously done just
as you suggested Ronni, but now Acrobat is showing the printers in
the Page Setup requester. This after almost 3 days of trying all
sorts of things to get it working.
Now I can print my required size using Acrobat - I hope it lasts.
Cheers
Mike Fuller
On 16/01/2010, at 9:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Mike,
I think I now understand what your problem is.
I am using Acrobat 8.1.5 in Snow Leopard. A PDF opened in Acrobat
Pro, I go to File > Page Setup - it shows, Format for: Any Printer,
but I can then use the arrows to select my Epson TX700W printer or
any other printer I have installed and added in Print & Fax.
You are not able to select any other printer, as no other printers
show under "Format For"?
Mike try this:
1. Open Acrobat Pro first
2. Then go to File > Open to open the PDF in Acrobat
Then can you now see your Printers in the Page Setup?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 15/01/2010, at 6:01 PM, Mike Fuller wrote:
Thanks again Ronni.
To answer your questions:
Yes, the Epson R230 shows in the Print and Fax prefs, along with
my other printers.
To elaborate - I have no problems choosing the printer when
printing from Acrobat, or anywhere else - it is only that I can't
choose it in the Page Setup (in Acrobat only) which results in a
reduced print area available because of the "Any Printer" default
being used.
I can print from Preview OK - just that Acrobat has more output
options except, in this case, the printable area of a page. In
fact I can print OK from Acrobat except the aforementioned problem
- I can reduce the print size to fit the printable area but that's
not what I want with these files I'm printing.
I have seen someone else with this problem http://
forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=602214 but no solution.
Cheers
Mike Fuller
On 15/01/2010, at 9:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Mike,
Do you have the Epson R230 showing in "Print & Fax" with correct
drivers and printing from other applications without any problems?
Can you print a PDF from Preview without any problems?
Taken from Adobe Support:
"At times, you may encounter problems when printing a PDF file.
For example, a PDF file can contain damaged content such as
images or fonts that cannot be rendered by Acrobat during the
printing process.
Choosing Print As Image bypasses that rendering operation by
sending the printer a rasterized image of the document.
To print as image:
1. Open the PDF file in Acrobat.
2. Choose File > Print.
3. Click Advanced.
4. Select Print As Image near the top of the dialog box.
5. Click OK, and then click OK again to print. "
Cheers,
Ronni
On 15/01/2010, at 8:45 AM, Mike Fuller wrote:
Thanks for the replies Ronni and Dave and sorry for the
confusion - I'm trying to physically print a PDF file from
Acrobat Pro to a non-postscript printer so a little more data:
I'm using Tiger and attempting to print to an Epson R230,
although it doesn't matter which printer I use - it is the Page
Setup that doesn't allow me to choose any printer because none
of them are listed in the "Format For" selector.
On my wife's MacBook, using Snow Leopard, the Page Setup shows
all printers so it is just this version of Acrobat on this
computer that is the problem. I could get around it by moving
the files and printing from the MacBook but I was hoping there
might be a simpler solution, such as trashing a preference or
something.
Cheers
Mike Fuller
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