Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 447)

441 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Printing
Last updated 9/30/2011
You can also increase the scale of a standard-sized document and print it on multiple pages.
1 Choose File > Print.
2 From the Page Scaling menu, choose Tile All Pages if all pages of the document are oversized. If some of the pages
are standard-sized, choose Tile Large Pages.
3 (Optional) Set any of these options, referring to the Preview image to check the output results:
Tile Scale Adjusts the scaling. The scaling affects how the sections of the PDF page map to the physical sheet.
Overlap Specifies the minimum amount of duplicated information you want printed on each tile for ease in assembly.
The Overlap option uses the unit of measure specified for the document. The value should be greater than the
minimum nonprinting margins for the printer. You can specify up to half the size of the shortest side of the document
page to overlap. For example, tiles for a page that measures 11-by-17 inches (279.4mm-by-431.8mm) can overlap up
to 5.5 inches (139.7mm).
Labels Includes the PDF name, date of printing, and tile coordinate on every sheet. For example, Page 1 (1,1) means
row 1, column 1 of the first page. Tile coordinates are used for reassembling the tiles.
Cut Marks Prints marks on each corner of a tiled page for ease of assembly. Use this option in conjunction with the
Overlap option. When you specify an overlapping edge and then superimpose those edges, you can use the cut marks
to line up the tiles.
Scale a document for printing
To print an oversized PDF on paper that has smaller dimensions, you can scale the document’s width and height to fit.
1 Choose File > Print.
2 From the Page Scaling menu, choose Fit To Printable Area or Shrink To Printable Area.
Note: If you don’t see a Page Scaling menu, click the arrow next to the Printer menu to expose more controls in the Print
dialog box.
For more information about scaling documents for printing, see the “Page scaling” section of “Printing tips” document
on the
Adobe website .
Advanced print settings
About advanced print settings
If normal print settings don’t produce the results you expect, you may need to specify options in the Advanced Print
Setup dialog box. For example, if your printed output doesn’t match the document’s on-screen appearance, you may
need to try printing the document as an image (PostScript printers only). Or, if a PDF uses fonts that aren’t embedded,
you must download the fonts to the printer when you print the document.
Other advanced printing options let you add printer marks to your printed output and choose how to handle color.
Set advanced print options
Print settings are preserved until you change them. When you change an option, the Settings value automatically
updates from Acrobat Default to Custom, and the new settings are preserved. You can also save custom settings using
a unique name.
1 In the Print dialog box, click Advanced.