Cannot create PDF w/ custom page size in FM 9

[cindy0711]

I just upgraded to the new Technical Communication Suite and cannot create a PDF from FrameMaker with a custom page size anymore. I need to create a PDF with a page size of 8.125" by 10.875", and have tried both Save As PDF and Print to the PDF driver. I followed all of the instructions on how to do so via the PDF printer driver's "Printing Preferences", Adobe PDF page size, etc. When that didn't work, I also tried Save As PDF with a custom page size ... still won't print to the custom size no matter how many places I specify it.

My only way to get my custom page size at this point is to create the PDF and then go in and modify Document > Crop Pages > Change Page Size to Custom, and specify my size. This is clearly less than desirable.

I am using FM version 9.0p 196. Any help/advice/suggestions welcome!

[MichaelKazlow]

Have you set that to be the page size in FrameMaker?

[cindy0711]

I did ... via Format > Page Layout > Page Size. Still no luck ... still prints the PDF to 7.5 x 9.00. 😞

[Arnis Gubins]

Cindy,

You should get the FM updates. There have been 3 patches released since the 9.0p196 version. Install them in order.

Before creating PDFs, make certain that your default printer is set to the AdobePDF printer instance. The SetPrint utility from Sundorne helps ensure that this is always the case for FM, see http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm

In the Save As PDF dialogue, set the "Page Size" for the output on the Settings tab, as shown here:

Set your PDF joboptions for the appropriate press requirements.

Set your registration if required.

Make sure the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is set (the PDF CMYK generation is still buggy).

Hit the "Set" button and you should get the correctly sized output.

When you were creating the ouptut via the printer route, if you had set the "Generate Acrobat Data" option, then FM sets the document so that it is always cropped to the FM page size, rather than the printer specified output sheet size, in the final PDF. Omit setting this option and it should work via this route as well.

[cindy0711]

Thank you so much! That worked. 🙂 Output is now correctly sized. I appreciate all the help.