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See attached image. AI2023 27.0.
Not the artboard, but that gray 'pasteboard?' thingy that the artboard rests on needs to be bigger.
I have to make this file 225in wide as a printable PDF. No ifs, ands, or buts.
How do I make that dark pasteboard area LARGER so I can re-size my artboard to the required 225in?
Using a large canvas document may help.
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/large-sized-artwork.html
Maybe this helps, you cannot change a document to a large canvas file, but you can create one and copy your content in it:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/large-sized-artwork.html
Ok, that's interesting. I just need to create my AI file from scratch at 230in wide. Then it looks like it will export a PDF with trim marks to 230in wide.
Maybe a patch was sent overnight to my machine through CC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Using a large canvas document may help.
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/large-sized-artwork.html
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Maybe this helps, you cannot change a document to a large canvas file, but you can create one and copy your content in it:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/large-sized-artwork.html
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Thank you. Creating a new one from scratch helps. I see it's 227in max.
But now when I try to export to printable PDF, I get this error -
 
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You need pdf 1.76 or higher
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Not sure what 1.76 means..
In my export settings, the max compatibility PDF level is 'Acrobat 8 (PDF 1.7)'.
Same error message when trying to export out PDF.
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Did some digging, and learned there's a kludgy kerfuffle export limit of PDF to max 200in.
Still. Since 2017. It's now 2023, and we're still handcuffed to 200in PDF ..
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I just saved a 230 inch artboard and that is what Acrobat sees as page size.
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Ok, that's interesting. I just need to create my AI file from scratch at 230in wide. Then it looks like it will export a PDF with trim marks to 230in wide.
Maybe a patch was sent overnight to my machine through CC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I meant 1.7 or 1.6