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mckinney3
Inspiring
December 16, 2011
Question

My document is not centered on page

  • December 16, 2011
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I am running Acrobat 10.0.0, MAC OSX 10.7.2 (Lion), and Indesign CS5.5

I can not get my document to center on the printed page.

When I open my PDF document, it appears normally and shows in portrait mode. The document was created as 6.88 in wide x 10.25 in tall.  The Properties of the PDF file for the document correctly show the page size as 6.88 x 10.25.

When I click on PRINT, the default dialog shows the document correctly but indicates a 8.5 x 11 page size.  I click on the Page set up and select a custom paper size of 6.88 x 10.25 inches and return to main print dialog.

The print dialog now shows my document and the page dimensions show my newly created page size.  I click auto rotate and center.  The page orientation and size match the document and PDF orientation regardless of auto rotate on or off.  I still select auto rotate and center as I want the centering.

The print comes out not centered and clipped.  No combination of selections yields a correct print out.  I just can't get my image to center on the output page.

I can print the same PDF file from Preview with same selections and have no problem with getting the document to center on the page.  I would use Preview as the work flow except preview does not print the document faithfully for color compared to Acrobat.

Thanks in advance for all help and advice!

dan mckinney

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Larry G. Schneider
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Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 16, 2011

Why are you changing the default page size? You are going to print it on an 8.5x11 page, right. Then try just using the auto center and rotate. What happens then?

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mckinney3Author
Inspiring
December 17, 2011

I do nort want to print to 8.5 X 11. I wish to print my document (6.88 x 10.25) to paper size of 6.88 x 10.25.  I load my custom paper into tray one of my printer. 

If I use tray two loaded with 8.5 X 11 and print the document centered I get what you would expect - a centered document on a larger page.  I do not print crop markes, etc and then cut the stack after printing to a larger sheet.  I print to the sheet pre-cut.  I have reasons for doing it that way.

Adobe Acrobat doesn't let me create custom page sizes without "jumping out" of the main Acrobat doialog and "jumping into" the print setting dialog which I get the warning about I should really set up everything in the main dialog, etc. But , as stated, on return to main dialog the page dimensions change to reflect the custom size but I can not get the document to center in the page.

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M
mckinney3Author
Inspiring
December 17, 2011

Additional note:

If I leave page size at 8.5 X 11 in the intial print dialog my custom size document, rthe document will print to the 8.5 x 11 page correctly. (centered)

If I convert to a custom page size , using print settings, I will 1.) see a preview for the new custom page size in the dialog, 2.) the document will be outputted to the custom paper tray holding my 6.875  10.25 paper but 3.) the page is not centered.  In fact, the page is located exatly as if it was printing on an 8.5 x 11 physical page but just clipped.  For exmple, if I hold the output of the custom page up to the letter page, the print shows up in exatly the same alignment.  Just like I had cropped it.  DOES NOT CENTER.

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