Printing to PDF - Way to set default views?

[ErnestoRey]

Hello, I would appreciate your help.

I save a lot of correspondence, etc. to PDF from Acrobat DC. I like to set the "view" options of the resulting "print to PDF" file to:

(a) Display pages

(b) Select to view Single Page

(c) Set default to Page Width.

I do that after every print to PDF. Is there a way to set up a default so that this does not have to be done manually?

Thanks!

[try67]

Unfortunately, no, it's not possible to set those settings when creating a PDF file using the Adobe PDF printer.

[ErnestoRey]

Try67, thanks for the quick reply. Do Adobe personnel monitor this forum? Is there a way to suggest that they address this in future releases?

[try67]

You can request for it to be added here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

[ErnestoRey]

   Thanks for the feedback!

   Rgds - Ernesto.

[Dave Merchant]

It's technically impossible. When you print to PDF (as opposed to saving as PDF) then the parent application is simply told to print to a generic Postscript printer, and it sends standard PS commands to the virtual printer port. There is no command to set Acrobat's page view styles in Postscript, and Adobe doesn't set the rules on what Postscript can and cannot do.

If you have a bunch of "printed" files and need to change something about them, run them through an Action in Acrobat Pro.

[ErnestoRey]

   Thanks! I'm sorry to hear that, I guess I just have to live with it.

   Rgds - Ernesto.