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Post by obsidimen1970 on Apr 5, 2013 8:20:25 GMT -9
Ok, so I go through all of the options with the layers in my PDF, creating the unique minis I want. Now I want to take the file to Staples for printing. How do I do it?
How I do I save just the variant sheet I created using the layers as a unique PDF file?
Sorry if I am missing the obvious.
Thanks!
--Scott
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Post by hackbarth on Apr 5, 2013 8:43:00 GMT -9
I usualy print "as PDF". I dont know if your OS has this option, but in Linux Mint, you can print anything as a PDF instead of printing in a printer. It creates a single layer PDF of the document as it would be printed in a real printer.
In Mac OS X I know that every print dialog has a button to save as PDF. In some versions of windows you have to install a PDF printer.
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Post by bravesirkevin on Apr 5, 2013 8:56:49 GMT -9
Ok, so I go through all of the options with the layers in my PDF, creating the unique minis I want. Now I want to take the file to Staples for printing. How do I do it? How I do I save just the variant sheet I created using the layers as a unique PDF file? Sorry if I am missing the obvious. Thanks! --Scott If you have Acrobat Professional, you can change which layers are on or off in the save by right-clicking on each of the relevant layers in the layer panel and selecting "properties". There's a pull-down menu for default state where you can turn it on or off. This does not work with Adobe Reader however, so if you don't have access to Acrobat Professional, then Hackbarth's method is probably the most reliable bet.
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Post by obsidimen1970 on Apr 5, 2013 9:53:57 GMT -9
So far it looks like my only viable option is to print to the Desktop as Microsoft XPS document printer files, then save them to the USB, and and hope the Windows OS machines at Staples can open them. They functionally work like PDFs in terms of printing, but the small printer I went to at lunch time could not read them.
I love the layer capability, and for $5 it's a great value, but this aspect is a real pain in the tush.
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Post by onemonkeybeau on Apr 5, 2013 10:22:15 GMT -9
CutePDF works great for this. www.cutepdf.com/Use the free version... that's what I do.
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Post by obsidimen1970 on Apr 5, 2013 15:30:57 GMT -9
Thanks! I will add that to my arsenal! I did go to Staples and they were able to open those XPS docs using their version of Adobe--so success! I printed two sets of those minis.
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