Hi,
I do not mean to change from A4 to A3 or like.
I mean to adjust the exact size of inches for a custom paper size.
The reason for asking is that I have a file that needs to be printed and it has a lot of margins, so after removing all margins using the crop pages toolboxes, I am still not satisfied but the result for the printed document, because it still has some margins, while the soft copy has no margins at all.
So I thought about having a custom page size, then printing it.
I will print it on A4 paper.
This is the page after the crop:
This is the page in print preview:
So is there any way or workaround to remove all margins and print without margins? I mean to let the printed paper page be precisely like the cropped one without margins.
The real printed paper page is exactly as shown in the preview, which is not what I am looking for.
Thanks
4 Correct answers
Hi,
Sorry if my answer is a bit late...
If you want resize your text area manually with distorsion, you can do that importing your file in an empty A4 format file, then place it at the right position and resize it as required.
You can then print this file with the "fit" option to hold the max space of the sheet.
If your text is editable and you want to automatically resize the pages cropping the closer to the text, you can use this script from the console window or in an action wizard. It wil
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use the "Scale pages to specified size" profile. I think I duplicated and edited this profile to make the new profile "Scale pages to specified size with distortion". Duplicate and re-name the profile from the little fly-out menu "Options", when you have your new profile, click on "Edit" to change the settings.
Hi,
Here is what I did for you.
1) Open your file "1.Pages from crop.pdf" then type ctrl J to open the console window.
If the console window is not empty, click on the trash at the bottom right of the window.
2) Copy and paste the following script in the console window.
d0=new Date();
starting=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",d0);
var found=0;
var leftAlign=100;
var topAlign=800;
var bottomAlign=25;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
console.clear();
console.println("Process starting: "Here is the last script I used for the book I sent you back in PM:
d0=new Date();
starting=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",d0);
var found=0;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
console.clear();
console.println("Process starting: "+starting);
console.println("Processing the page #"+(p+1)+"/"+this.numPages);
if (this.getPageNumWords(p)) {
var thisPage=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var topAlign=780;
var bottomAlign=90;
var topLine=0;
var header="";
var bottomLine=0;
var footer=""
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Replies
It looks like your cropped page is narrower than your paper.By @Luke Jennings3
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, exactly!
In order for the left and right margins to be removed, you will first need to distort the page, you can do this with a preflight profile (scale pages to specified size).By @Luke Jennings3
Please, may you tell me how to do so for my XI Pro version, I've googled and searched and the only things I've found regarding the preflight is this thread here:
I am afraid that these steps are not suitable for my XI Pro version.
or place the pdf into an InDesign or Illustrator page, scale it to fit, export to a new pdf.By @Luke Jennings3
Do I need to do so for every page? or it is could be at once for the whole document?
This is what I have in my version:
Profiles
Single Checks
Single Fixup
Please right-click an image and open it in a new window for full view.
I searched for the scale:
Pleas advice which option is suitable for my issue.
It looks like Acrobat XI does not have the preflight profile you need. You may be able to place the pdf into Word and distort it, or convert it to an image and distort it with an image editor.
Hi,
Please, I've installed this version to try it, here:
But when I opened the preflight, I search for what you mentioned, but can not find any.
So which version you are using?
I hope I can solve this issue.
use the "Scale pages to specified size" profile. I think I duplicated and edited this profile to make the new profile "Scale pages to specified size with distortion". Duplicate and re-name the profile from the little fly-out menu "Options", when you have your new profile, click on "Edit" to change the settings.
You will have to crop (or reflow the text if you have an editable file).
For example, to fit your image on an 8.5x11 inch page:
Hi,
Sorry if my answer is a bit late...
If you want resize your text area manually with distorsion, you can do that importing your file in an empty A4 format file, then place it at the right position and resize it as required.
You can then print this file with the "fit" option to hold the max space of the sheet.
If your text is editable and you want to automatically resize the pages cropping the closer to the text, you can use this script from the console window or in an action wizard. It will generate a new file.
var found=0;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
if (this.getPageNumWords(p)) {
var thisPage=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var leftMargin=thisPage[2];
var topMargin=0;
var rightMargin=0;
var bottomMargin=thisPage[1];
for (var i=0; i<this.getPageNumWords(p); i++) {
var q=this.getPageNthWordQuads(p,i);
var m=(new Matrix2D).fromRotated(this,p);
var mInv=m.invert();
var r=mInv.transform(q);
var r=r.toString();
var r=r.split(",");
if (Number(r[0])<leftMargin) leftMargin=r[0];
if (Number(r[1])>topMargin) topMargin=r[1];
if (Number(r[6])>rightMargin) rightMargin=r[6];
if (Number(r[7])<bottomMargin) bottomMargin=r[7];
}
this.setPageBoxes({
cBox: "Crop",
nStart: p,
rBox: [leftMargin,topMargin,rightMargin,bottomMargin]
});
found++;
}
}
if (found) this.saveAs(this.path.replace(/.pdf$/i," \(Cropped\).pdf"));
You can then print this new file on the full width of your A4 format on one or several pages following the ratio of the cropped page, with this other script:
var A4Format=[595,842];
var nbPages=this.numPages;
for (var p=0; p<nbPages; p++) {
var thisFormat=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var thisScale=A4Format[0]/thisFormat[2];
if (thisFormat[2]>=thisFormat[1]) var nmberPages=1; // Landscape format
else {
var nmberP=thisScale*thisFormat[1]/A4Format[1];
var nbP=nmberP.toString().indexOf(".");
// if the height for the last page is <10pts -> No page
if (Number(nbP[1])*thisFormat[1]<10) var nmberPages=Math.floor(thisScale*thisFormat[1]/A4Format[1]);
else var nmberPages=Math.floor(thisScale*thisFormat[1]/A4Format[1])+1;
}
for (var i=0; i<nmberPages; i++) {
this.newPage(this.numPages+i,A4Format[0],A4Format[1]);
this.addWatermarkFromFile({
cDIPath: this.path,
nSourcePage: p,
nStart: this.numPages-1,
nVertAlign: app.constants.align.top,
nVertValue: A4Format[1]*i,
nScale: thisScale,
});
}
}
this.print({
bUI: false,
nStart: nbPages,
nEnd: this.numPages-1,
bShrinkToFit: true
});
this.deletePages({
nStart: nbPages,
nEnd: this.numPages-1,
});
this.dirty=false;
I hope that will help you...
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