Please, I need further information:
In step 3, I don't see a save as "Cairo PDF" only PDF. Where is Cairo? How do you compare the two?
In File/Server Properties tab, I created the banner size I'm attempting to create. When I try to print, that "fancy" sized paper does not come up as a selection in the printer set-up box (should I be able to select that one particular paper size? Only the paper sizes from HP are available. How do I select that one size paper?)
Step 5: I believe I checked the document properties that the page size was correct but only 11 inches of the document showed in the Acrobat Reader box.
I am so incouraged by your last line, "I am able to print huge/or custom ....." Very cool.
Thank you sooooo much for your help.
jt
Jon jts wrote:
Thank you, Davi, for your response to this question. As time allows, I will try out your suggestions and report on my findings.
I've been checking out some of the commercial page lay-out & publishing apps available. For the classroom, Print Master (I have an old version,12) has a very easy to use and print banner component. It sets the banner length as you type so, you start out with one page and as you type the banner lengthens. This is very cool but is rather limited in the document design area. I'm thinking about checking out some of the Serif products. There support staff assures me that there are no problems printing banners to different lengths. And, the applications offer my students powerful (as far as I can tell)design components so that they can draw, etc. as much as they want. I include these thoughts in the hopes that Inkscape incorporates some or all of these features.
Again, thank you for your help in this.
jt
Davi Fonseca wrote:
Hi all,
I do not use Inkscape to print, but Adobe Acrobat (since you do not want tiling, the Reader version should be fine). The steps that I follow are (roughly):
- Download the latest Windows version (inkscape-LATEST.zip);
- Run it, select/make the appropriate page size, draw;
- Save as "PDF" and save as "Cairo PDF" and compare both PDFs (in
particular if you have transparencies); 4) If I am using a "fancy" page-size that I created. I make sure I have that page size available in Windows. In case you must create one the steps are: Go to "Start\Printers and Faxes" Go to "File\Server Properties" Under the "Forms" tab I create the appropriate form (i.e. page size) and save it with a nice name. 5) Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat and print it. But note that:
- You must check under the document properties (Ctrl+D) that the page
size is correct.
- Remember to select the appropriate paper size for the pirnter (inside
"File\Print..." then "Properties" and in "Advanced...");
- Selecting Adobe to rescale or not should not provide different
results, but these can happen. So it is worth testing.
I am able to print huge and/or custom works this way without problems in many different printers.
Wild wild guess: if everything else fails, try printing an exported bitmap with a resolution of 600 dpi or less.