Illustrator CS PDF Help!!
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- Gilt001
HEELLLPPPP!!!
I did assignment for class in Illustrator and saved a copy as a PDF. When I open up the PDF in Acrobat it has blown the document up from 11x17 to something huge because my art runs off the page. I wanted it to just save the art that's in artboard space.
What I'm hoping to do is make a 5 page pdf of 11x17 pages so that I can just run to the printers and print everything on their CLC.
Do I make sense?
- brandelec0
did you specify your artboard to those dimensions?
- Gilt0010
Yep, my artboard is 11x17 but my new PDF is like 18x 22
- tee0
the answer:
1) deselect all objects (click a blank piece of space)
2) go object>>crop area>>make
3) NOW save as pdf
4) only your artboard space will be saved to the pdf
- Gilt0010
holy crap! tee wins the prize! Now if only i had something to give you.
How the hell did you figure that out. It doesn't even crop it after you make the PDF, it still shows all the artwork hanging off the artboard space.
Well however you figured it out, KUDOS!!!
- welded0
You could have just cropped it in Acrobat.
- Gilt0010
I tried that, but Acrobat's freakin' retarded when it comes to cropping. I need the page to be an exact size. The PDF I was getting was anything but exact.. weird ass dimensions.
I did try cropping it in Acrobat though.
I think I'm saved, now I just need my Epson 1280 to stop printing bands in the solid black. Mother how many times do you have to clean the heads before it prints clean?!?
- lvl_130
yeah, everyone talks epson up so much. my epson sucks. well it sucked until i threw it away. still haven't got a new printer though. i was thinking of the canon 9000. you can get 'em pretty cheap now off ebay. ah well, good luck with that epson.
- tee0
glad it worked out: by way of explanation, selecting nothing then creating crops forces illustrator to add crops to the artboard itself.
My home studio is kitted out with an Epson 1270 and Canon S9000 amongst others for quick-and-dirty proofing: I can vouch for the S9000 - it is faster, quieter, and requires much less cleaning than the Epsons.
- lvl_130
ahhh, good to hear tee. thanks for the insight. ebay here i come.
- Gilt0010
I picked up an Epson R300 for home and I love it. Super clean prints.
All Epsons are great, they just like to be used EVERY DAY. If not, they get angry and dry on you.
Thanks again for the help tee. It all makes sense now.