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Jessica11D
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July 14, 2020
Question

Exporting from Illustrator

  • July 14, 2020
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Hi, 

I am currently trying to export specific dimensions from illustrator for print (e.g 2.5" x 6.5"). They export fine to pdf however not to the dimensions I wish! I do not have PDF reader so the file is opened up online which is fine but when I print the size is not correct. Is there an easy way to fix this? I tried exporting to jpeg too and that is great until I go to print. I'm new to illustrator so it could well be something simple I am missing. Thanks in advance for your help! 

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JonathanArias
JonathanArias
Legend
July 14, 2020

is your doucument side set to 2.5" x 6.5"? 

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Jessica11DAuthor
Participant
July 14, 2020

Yep and for images exporting it at 300 ppi. For printing PDFs,  I have the solution but not for JPEGs. JPEGs are still printing not true to scale.

JonathanArias
JonathanArias
Legend
July 14, 2020

can we see your artboard and the .pdf?

Luke Jennings3
Community Expert
Luke Jennings3Community Expert
Community Expert
July 14, 2020

You should save-as a PDF from Illustrator, the default settings are usually fine for print purposes. The PDF will be the same size as the Illustrator art board, unless bleed and/or crop marks are added. Here is a definition of bleed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_(printing)

You can download the free Adobe Reader which will indicate the overall PDF size in the lower left corner of the screen.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html

Open the PDF and print from Reader, when printing, choose 100% (not fit-to-page).

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    Jessica11DAuthor
    Participant
    July 14, 2020

    I downloaded the PDF reader and chose 100% and it worked! Thank you! 

     

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