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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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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.
Of course i can do that BUT i will not be able to create the pdf with the bookmarks the publisher makes.

Unfortunately this is not a workaround
Anonymous
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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.
You realize that you can publish choosing to print (and choose any pdf writer you desire) versus saving the files to PDFs which uses only the Amyuni driver (and often has problems). In publisher under "view set publishing properties" chose print and then under page setup select your printer driver. This will give you the bookmarks you are trying to achieve.
Anonymous
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If i use this in Plotmaker , does this automatically read the different paper sizes for each plot?

I guess not. I have to define the paper size for each plot. In the pdf publish this is not the case.

Do i miss smthg?
Anonymous
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If i use this in Plotmaker , does this automatically read the different paper sizes for each plot?

I guess not. I have to define the paper size for each plot. In the pdf publish this is not the case.
You are correct in that it will not "read" the paper size of each plot. I initially tried the new feature which allows you to save the files to PDF partly because it will auto detect the paper size, but ran into problems with sheets not being produced in the file (another new feature that does not work). If all the sheets are the same size for a set of drawings you plot, you can set them all up with a single page setup. As a standard practice I place all of the drawings to be published into a folder in publisher and select that folder to make all of my settings.
Anonymous
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new feature which allows you to save the files to PDF partly because it will auto detect the paper size
This feature i was talking about.
I guess that the temprory printer is hardcoded in AC9 but i asked in case some friend here or the AC Team nows how to replace the temprorary printer with my printer..
Djordje
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oreopoulos wrote:
new feature which allows you to save the files to PDF partly because it will auto detect the paper size
This feature i was talking about.
I guess that the temprory printer is hardcoded in AC9 but i asked in case some friend here or the AC Team nows how to replace the temprorary printer with my printer..
If the views are grouped in folders, the folders can be set to different paper sizes when printing.
Djordje



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Anonymous
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YEs but then bye bye links and bookmarks in the pdfs (am i wrong?)