How to save print setup for pdf file so that every user can open and print w/o manually performing?

[SmithJake_23]

Can is there a way to configure the print settings (i.e. paper size, orientation, etc.) and save this setting as part of the pdf file? I would like the users of pdf files to be able to open the file and simply print, without having to manually configure the print settings.

[Bernd Alheit]

Use the Advanced tab in the properties of the document.

[SmithJake_23]

Can outline the process besides selecting the "Advanced" option? Thanks

[Bernd Alheit]

I don't understand.

[Guest]

Not sure if this will help. I got this information from the built-in help under Acrobat 9.

Advanced

Lists PDF settings, print dialog presets, and reading options for the document.

In the PDF settings for Acrobat, you can set a base Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for web links in the document. Specifying a base URL makes it easy for you to manage web links to other websites. If the URL to the other site changes, you can simply edit the base URL and not have to edit each individual web link that refers to that site. The base URL is not used if a link contains a complete URL address.

You can also associate a catalog index file (PDX) with the PDF. When the PDF is searched with the Search PDF window, all of the PDFs that are indexed by the specified PDX file are also searched.

You can include prepress information, such as trapping, for the document. You can define print presets for a document, which prepopulate the Print dialog box with document-specific values. You can also set reading options that determine how the PDF is read by a screen reader or other assistive device.

Create print presets

A PDF can contain a set of print presets, a group of document-specific values that is used to set basic print options. By creating a print preset for a document, you can avoid manually setting certain options in the Print dialog box each time you print the document. It’s best to define print settings for a PDF at the time that you create it, but print presets provide a means to add basic print settings to a PDF at any time.

1. Choose File > Properties, and click the Advanced tab.
2. In the Print Dialog Presets section, set options and click OK.

The next time you open the Print dialog box, the values will be set to the print preset values. These settings are also used when you print individual documents in a PDF Portfolio.

Note: To retain a print preset for a PDF, you must save the PDF after creating the print preset.

Print Dialog Presets

Page Scaling

Prepopulates the Page Scaling option in the Print dialog box with the option you choose:

Default

Uses the application default setting, which is Shrink To Printable Area.

None

Prevents automatic scaling to fit the printable area. This setting is useful for preserving the scale of page content in engineering documents, or for ensuring that documents print at a particular point size to be legal.

DuplexMode

For best results, the selected printer should support duplex printing if you select a duplex option.

Simplex

Prints on one side of the paper.

Duplex Flip Long Edge

Prints on both sides of the paper; the paper flips along the long edge.

Duplex Flip Short Edge

Prints on both sides of the paper; the paper flips along the short edge.

Paper Source By Page Size

Selects the option by the same name in the Print dialog box. Uses the PDF page size to determine the output tray rather than the page setup option. This option is useful for printing PDFs that contain multiple page sizes on printers that have different-sized output trays.

Print Page Range

Prepopulates the Pages box in the Print Range section of the Print dialog box with the page ranges you enter here. This setting is useful in a workflow where documents include both instruction pages and legal pages. For example, if pages 1–2 represent instructions for filling out a form, and pages 3–5 represent the form, you can set up your print job to print multiple copies of only the form.

Number Of Copies

Prepopulates the Copies box in the Print dialog box. Choose a number from 2 to 5, or choose Default to use the application default, which is one copy. This limitation prevents multiple unwanted copies from being printed.

Thanks.

[Bernd Alheit]

1. Choose File > Properties, and click the Advanced tab.
2. In the Print Dialog Presets section, set options and click OK.

[LoopyChew]

Hi!  Is it possible to configure Acrobat to ignore a document's preset print settings?  I didn't find anything suggesting so in the Preferences, and I receive a document with what can only be described as an inconvenient preset on a regular basis.  Anything that could help me out here would be greatly appreciated!

[washburnv6068414]

Hi I see a few lengthy replies here, but all I simply want to do is, for a document, when I click Print from a document, and see the Printing options, not to have to change my preference from the usual default (which might be A4 separate pages, or A4 booklet, whatever, to, say: A3 booklet, AND FOR ADOBE TO REMEMBER, FOR THIS DOCUMENT, TO PRINT A3 BOOKLET,  SO I DON'T HAVE TO SET IT UP EACH TIME FOR THIS DOCUMENT. Please forgive the capital letters but this indicates my level of frustration! 

[washburnv6068414]

....and going into Advanced Document properties does not solve this problem - nowhere can I specify A3....