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How do I specify a large custom paper size?
I'm using Visio Professional 2003, SP-1, on Windows XP.
I am creating a large drawing, which is meant to be printed on large-format printers using rolled paper. This means the drawing can be as long as needed (in this case, it's 34" x 54"), and doesn't have to conform to, say "E-size" paper. Darned if I can figure out how to convince Visio that there is such a thing as rolled paper, though! Whatever I try, when I save it as a PDF, my long drawing invariably comes through as two pages. I can see a "custom paper size" option for printing, but can't see how to tell it the "custom" size is anything but 8.5 x 11. Banging my head on my desk over this one... Help, help! :-) |
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Try File Page Setup Page Size tab, Custom size.
-- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... I'm using Visio Professional 2003, SP-1, on Windows XP. I am creating a large drawing, which is meant to be printed on large-format printers using rolled paper. This means the drawing can be as long as needed (in this case, it's 34" x 54"), and doesn't have to conform to, say "E-size" paper. Darned if I can figure out how to convince Visio that there is such a thing as rolled paper, though! Whatever I try, when I save it as a PDF, my long drawing invariably comes through as two pages. I can see a "custom paper size" option for printing, but can't see how to tell it the "custom" size is anything but 8.5 x 11. Banging my head on my desk over this one... Help, help! :-) |
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Thank you for the reply. Let me clarify my question...
I have a drawing that currently has a page size (set as you suggested) of 34" high x 54" wide. I can view it in Visio as one big drawing, as it should be. The problem isn't the drawing size, it's the paper size. I can choose from dozens of paper sizes (in File Page Setup Print Setup Printer Paper) - but only up to E-size paper. My drawing is bigger than that. I need to send it to a printer, who will be printing it on a large-format printer that uses rolled paper. I also need to publish it as a PDF file (for distribution via a web site) that a user could take to their local Kinko's and have printed on a large format printer. Everything I've tried so far only lets me specify the standard paper sizes, which results in my drawing spanning 2-20 sheets, depending on what I specify. Can you tell me how to specify a custom paper size? Thanks. "Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote: Try File Page Setup Page Size tab, Custom size. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... I'm using Visio Professional 2003, SP-1, on Windows XP. I am creating a large drawing, which is meant to be printed on large-format printers using rolled paper. This means the drawing can be as long as needed (in this case, it's 34" x 54"), and doesn't have to conform to, say "E-size" paper. Darned if I can figure out how to convince Visio that there is such a thing as rolled paper, though! Whatever I try, when I save it as a PDF, my long drawing invariably comes through as two pages. I can see a "custom paper size" option for printing, but can't see how to tell it the "custom" size is anything but 8.5 x 11. Banging my head on my desk over this one... Help, help! :-) |
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I figured it out! Here's the answer, in case anyone else looks this up.
There may be other ways, and some of these may be "superstitious behaviors" (i.e. unnecessary), but this way worked for me. Again, I'm using Windows XP, Visio Pro 2003, and Adobe Acrobat Pro. From Start Settings Printers and Faxes, set Adobe PDF as the Default Printer. Right-click on Adobe PDF, go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab, and click the Add Custom Page button. Create the page size you need. Call it something obvious My Big Drawing. Now go to your diagram in Visio. Go to File Page Setup Print Setup tab. Under Printer paper you should now find your My Big Drawing paper size listed in the pull-down. Select it. Click OK. Now, when you look at a Print Preview, or print to a PDF file, it will use the correct paper size. Woohoo! :-) |
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I don't know of a way to do this. Generally, we query the printer to find
out what sizes are available and list those sizes in the dropdown. In your case, the printer you may be connected to is not the printer you want to use. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... Thank you for the reply. Let me clarify my question... I have a drawing that currently has a page size (set as you suggested) of 34" high x 54" wide. I can view it in Visio as one big drawing, as it should be. The problem isn't the drawing size, it's the paper size. I can choose from dozens of paper sizes (in File Page Setup Print Setup Printer Paper) - but only up to E-size paper. My drawing is bigger than that. I need to send it to a printer, who will be printing it on a large-format printer that uses rolled paper. I also need to publish it as a PDF file (for distribution via a web site) that a user could take to their local Kinko's and have printed on a large format printer. Everything I've tried so far only lets me specify the standard paper sizes, which results in my drawing spanning 2-20 sheets, depending on what I specify. Can you tell me how to specify a custom paper size? Thanks. "Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote: Try File Page Setup Page Size tab, Custom size. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... I'm using Visio Professional 2003, SP-1, on Windows XP. I am creating a large drawing, which is meant to be printed on large-format printers using rolled paper. This means the drawing can be as long as needed (in this case, it's 34" x 54"), and doesn't have to conform to, say "E-size" paper. Darned if I can figure out how to convince Visio that there is such a thing as rolled paper, though! Whatever I try, when I save it as a PDF, my long drawing invariably comes through as two pages. I can see a "custom paper size" option for printing, but can't see how to tell it the "custom" size is anything but 8.5 x 11. Banging my head on my desk over this one... Help, help! :-) |
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You can connect a printer drive without having the printer physically
attavhed to the machine. John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm "Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote in message ... I don't know of a way to do this. Generally, we query the printer to find out what sizes are available and list those sizes in the dropdown. In your case, the printer you may be connected to is not the printer you want to use. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... Thank you for the reply. Let me clarify my question... I have a drawing that currently has a page size (set as you suggested) of 34" high x 54" wide. I can view it in Visio as one big drawing, as it should be. The problem isn't the drawing size, it's the paper size. I can choose from dozens of paper sizes (in File Page Setup Print Setup Printer Paper) - but only up to E-size paper. My drawing is bigger than that. I need to send it to a printer, who will be printing it on a large-format printer that uses rolled paper. I also need to publish it as a PDF file (for distribution via a web site) that a user could take to their local Kinko's and have printed on a large format printer. Everything I've tried so far only lets me specify the standard paper sizes, which results in my drawing spanning 2-20 sheets, depending on what I specify. Can you tell me how to specify a custom paper size? Thanks. "Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote: Try File Page Setup Page Size tab, Custom size. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "API Docs" wrote in message ... I'm using Visio Professional 2003, SP-1, on Windows XP. I am creating a large drawing, which is meant to be printed on large-format printers using rolled paper. This means the drawing can be as long as needed (in this case, it's 34" x 54"), and doesn't have to conform to, say "E-size" paper. Darned if I can figure out how to convince Visio that there is such a thing as rolled paper, though! Whatever I try, when I save it as a PDF, my long drawing invariably comes through as two pages. I can see a "custom paper size" option for printing, but can't see how to tell it the "custom" size is anything but 8.5 x 11. Banging my head on my desk over this one... Help, help! :-) |
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Thanks, Gentlemen.
It did turn out (see my earlier post) to be a printer driver paper sizing thing. The "printer" was Adobe Acrobat. Once I created a custom paper size in Acrobat, I was able to "print" to it from Visio. "John Marshall, MVP" wrote: You can connect a printer driver without having the printer physically attached to the machine. |
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