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Create pdf with other than Amyuni . Is it possible?

Anonymous
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Amyuni pdf printer does not do well with greek fonts.
Unfortunately it does a bad job
Can i assign a different printer to the auto pdf creation?

If i create a pdf document one by one, then i select the printer, BUT if i choose to publish then i think i dont control it. AC creates a ghost printer on program launch and destroys it on exit (if i am not wrong).

Does anyone know a solution to that problem?

Thx in advance
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Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
Have you tried setting the Amyuni Preferences?

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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Of course. Tried all possibilities.
I get errors on the pdf.

Actually most pdf printers dont cope well with greek encoding.
From those i tried only Jaws was perfect.

But the problem remains. I dont know how to force publisher to use that printer .
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Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
You can print to any printer - you just need to edit your page setup in publisher. And you can save your files as PDF's too.

I hope that answers you question (whatever it is ).

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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I think i was not clear.

In AC9 there is an option to publish in pdf .
The publisher prints in a printer called "_temprorary Archicad publisher".
I dont see how i can change that. There is not such an option.

I know i can print all pages one by one using the printer i want BUT when i publish the program uses that default temproray printer.

Am I missing smthg?
Anonymous
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There is a freeware PDF "printer" called CutePDF. Maybe this can work for you.
You set this up as a printer and it will then 'print' or create PDF files. Not too sure how well it works with multiple pages though, also it is PC not mac so if that is an issue...
Anonymous
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The problem is not to print.
I can create pdfs from Archicad.

The problem is that publisher uses it OWN printer called "temprory Archicad printer" to print to pdf, and this is an Amyuni one.

So the question is if i can make Archicad use the printer I want to create pdf (cutepdf ,jaws pfs... whatever that is).

I have tried changing the printer driver of temprory printer (open the printers folder AFTER launching archicad and go to properties.. to driver entry) and picked another printer, hopping i could trick the monster. The result was just crashing Archicad. So that is definately NOT a solution.

Any Clues?? Any guesses?
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Instead of using the publisher, try printing to the other pdf printer/utilities. The result of that is that PM does not have to handle the conversion to pdf thus avoiding the error.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC29 US/INT -> AC08

Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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Anonymous
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ejrolon wrote:
Instead of using the publisher, try printing to the other pdf printer/utilities. The result of that is that PM does not have to handle the conversion to pdf thus avoiding the error.
Printing to another PDFwriter is obvious. But the original question still hasn't been answered..How can you - or - can you change the default printer that Publisher in PM uses???
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
I misread
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC29 US/INT -> AC08

Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
another Moderator