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December 16, 2011
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Is there a page size limit when exporting a pdf from InDesign?

  • December 16, 2011
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My indd file is 201x40 inches with a 1.5 inch slug. When I export to pdf I get this message, "The document page size exceeds the page size range supported in PDF files. Exported pages will be resized to fit within PDF limits."

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    Brainiac
    December 16, 2011

    I think the limit is still 200". I haven't tested recently but your message tends to make me think it is still the limit.

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    JMS_BillAuthor
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    December 16, 2011

    Thank you, I think you may be right. In my research for this question, I kept seeing that there is no limit to a pdf size. Strange that InDesign page limit is around 216" and acrobat is less, I thought they were supposed to work together.

      JR Boulay
      JR Boulay
      Community Expert
      December 17, 2011

      Although the PDF spec mentions that it's feasible to create a PDF as large as 15,000,000 inches in either direction, 200 x 200 inches is Distiller’s limit for PostScript. It’s based on the Windows printer driver limitation.

      If I read the quote below correctly, the maximum page size is 15 million inches (381 km).

      "This is from the PDF Reference 1.6:


      177. In PDF versions earlier than PDF 1.6, the size of the default user space unit is fixed at 172 inch. In Acrobat viewers earlier than version 4.0, the minimum allowed page size is 72 by 72 units in default user space (1 by 1 inch); the maximum is 3240 by 3240 units (45 by 45 inches). In Acrobat versions 5.0 and later, the minimum allowed page size is 3 by 3 units (approximately 0.04 by 0.04 inch); the maximum is 14,400 by 14,400 units (200 by 200 inches).

      Beginning with PDF 1.6, the size of the default user space unit may be set with the UserUnit entry of the page dictionary. Acrobat 7.0 supports a maximum UserUnit value of 75,000, which gives a maximum page dimension of 15,000,000 inches (14,400 * 75,000 * 172). The minimum UserUnit value is 1.0 (the default)."

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