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Export to larger size PDF

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
February 21, 2023
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Hello!

I made a page in InDesign with document dimentions 11x8.5. I now need that printed on 17x11. Is there a way I can create the pdf with the size of 17x11? I know that I can Export as a pdf and then in Adobe Acrobat play around with the settings to print it on a larger scale; however, I am not the one that will print it and I'd prefer to have the pdf already set up with the right size. Thank you!

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Are we talking about printing two pages on an 11 x 17 sheet? Acrobat can handle that. If you mean scaling a single 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 I just want to point out that this is a different aspect ratio so your margins will change.

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I think you're correct here, Peter - my math was only scaling in one direction... hmm silly me.

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It's much easier to deal with European paper sizes...

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Just for reference - the output percent would be 154.55%.

But as already pointed out - you can place your document and scale it as necessary.

However, this may cause image resolutions to go below the minimum required.

If your images are 300 ppi when placed then scaling them by 154.55% would give a resolution of
194.22

Just a warning that you might end up with low-resolution images in the final output.

But you can setup a preflight check for this

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/using/preflighting-files-handoff.html#:~:text=Choose%20Window%20%3E%20Output%20%3E%20Preflight.,red%20if%20errors%20are%20detected.

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I would:

Start a new document at 17 x 11.
File > Place the original 11 x 8.5 .indd file
Scale the placed .indd up to fit on the 17 x 11 page appropriately.
Export to PDF...

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Thank you!