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12:30 pm
December 19, 2011


rachelvp

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I feel like this is a dumb question and should have an easy solution, but I can't figure it out. I am working on a large trade show graphic that all told will be 120in high by 144in wide. I want to print this onto one page (ideally 11×17) just so I can show my bosses the general layout, but when I try to export it to a PDF, it works on it for a while, and then just gives up. When I try to print it, it wants to print just the part of the graphic that fits in the 11×17 size. The size of the large graphic is only 50mb, so I know it's not a file size issue. I've printed (not exported) to Adobe PDF and scale to fit, but it'll either make the whole graphic tiny (unreadable on 11×17) or it'll print just the part that of big graphic that fits on 11×17.

I'm on CS5 in Windows.

Any ideas, other than resizing the whole graphic?? Is this even possible to do?

Thanks!!

2:44 pm
December 19, 2011


Jongware

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Perhaps I'm overlooking the obvious, but …

(1) If you print your large graphic to an 11 x 17″ size at 100%, it's pretty obvious you get only a part of it.

(2) Equally, if you size-to-fit, your image will be reduced in size (how much depends on the original size, but I'm eyeballing it at about 10%).

It's kind of hard to get the gist of your question; are you hoping for a trick that magically enlarges the max size of your printer? ;)

You can get there halfway (or so I believe) if you use 'manual tiling', something that you can do in InDesign's Print Dialog, and possibly also from within Acrobat.

3:07 pm
December 21, 2011


rachelvp

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Thanks Jongware.

I actually found a roundabout way to get what I need… I first exported my inDesign file as a jpeg, opened it in Photoshop, then printed it as a PDF on 11×17. So, now I have what I need — my large scale graphic in a manageable PDF size of 11×17 that I can print on one sheet.

Have a great holiday, everyone!

11:54 am
December 27, 2011


megamike

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I feel like this is a dumb question and should have an easy solution, but I can't figure it out. I am working on a large trade show graphic that all told will be 120in high by 144in wide. I want to print this onto one page (ideally 11×17) just so I can show my bosses the general layout, but when I try to export it to a PDF, it works on it for a while, and then just gives up. When I try to print it, it wants to print just the part of the graphic that fits in the 11×17 size. The size of the large graphic is only 50mb, so I know it's not a file size issue. I've printed (not exported) to Adobe PDF and scale to fit, but it'll either make the whole graphic tiny (unreadable on 11×17) or it'll print just the part that of big graphic that fits on 11×17.
I'm on CS5 in Windows.
Any ideas, other than resizing the whole graphic?? Is this even possible to do?
Thanks!!

www.megaprint.comnwww.postersession.com

2:39 am
January 3, 2012


Eugene Tyson

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You can create a new document that is 11×17 and place the InDesign file into this. Then export to PDF.


You can place indesign files inside each other.

"Ingenious, isn't it, Mr. Bunt? "

2:46 am
March 26, 2012


daniel24

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Thanks for the posts, I was looking to do the same thing.


http://www.wideformatwarehouse.co.uk/
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