Safe Illustrator artboards to PDF as A4 pages

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Hi,

I would like to save my artboards in Illustrator to PDF in order to be able to print them as A4 afterwards.

I can't find an option for this. It always safe as whole artboards. I would like them to be saved "divided to A4".

I can print A4 directly from Illustrator, that is not the issue. I need to save into PDF so that you ould open it after as A4 printable pages...

I have been looking for this for hours now...

Thank you

Anna

[Monika Gause]

Can you please show a screenshot of what you want to do and of what you have now?

[defaultfa4n9z5ivjm3]

Hello Monika,

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this is a an artboard 1, divided into different fields (as A4). However,
once I try to save as PDF it can be only saved as 1 artboard and not
divided into pages.
So I always have only 1 artboard.Iwould like to print after on A4 which is
not possible.
I don't know if I am clear.


Thank you
Anna Dlouhá
Tel: +420 775 081 181

[Monika Gause]

Please upload images via the forum's web interface.

[defaultfa4n9z5ivjm3]

Hello Monika,

this is a an artboard 1, divided into different fields (as A4). However,
once I try to save as PDF it can be only saved as 1 artboard and not
divided into pages.
So I always have only 1 artboard.Iwould like to print after on A4 which is
not possible.
I don't know if I am clear.

Thank you 
Anna

[Monika Gause]

Print tiling is not sufficient for saving a PDF. You need to create artboards.

[Larry G. Schneider · Accepted solution]

You can create multiple artboards overlapping one another in any combination. Just make the four artboards you require and when you save as a PDF, select the range you need.

[defaultfa4n9z5ivjm3]

Thank you, 

It worked! Create other artboards (A4) and move the illustrations on it...