# Printing with Adobe PDF

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241>\
**Category:** Serengeti (Rhino BETA)\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241 "2023-09-07T17:46:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/1 "2023-09-07T17:46:39Z")

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Rhino 8 WIP is printing layouts to PDF very well with RhinoPDF printer, but some of our drawings use a variety of display modes and sometimes the drawings look better printed with Adobe PDF (experience with Rhino 7). However, when I use the Adobe PDF printer to print 11x17 Landscape, I continually get 8.5"X11" and the rest of my drawing on the right side is just cutoff. I have tried checking different boxes for portrait and landscape with exact same results. I have also gone into Advanced options in the print dialog and selected landscape to no effect.

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**Author:** ![Trav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/trav/32/681734_2.png) [@Trav](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Trav)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/2 "2023-09-07T17:52:34Z")

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Hi @jcparks we’re currently working on fixing this issue with the new print dialog in v8. We hope to have this resolved this week.

[https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-76683](https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-76683)

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**Author:** ![florian\_r](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/florian_r/32/510685_2.png) [@florian\_r](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/florian_r)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/3 "2023-10-30T12:36:37Z")

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Hello Travis,

Any feedback on this issue ?  
I still got the exact same probleme when want use Adobe PDF

Thanks

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**Author:** ![michaelvollrath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/michaelvollrath/32/479405_2.png) [@michaelvollrath](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/michaelvollrath)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/4 "2023-10-30T13:16:39Z")

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I too cannot print via Adobe PDF or Bluebeam PDF without cut off/loss of entire layouts not being plotted. Just adding a +1 here for hopes of this fix soon.

Currently I have my drawings all automated but then need to save down to R7, open in R7, and print to successfully print.

Looking forward to the fix!

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**Author:** ![Trav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/trav/32/681734_2.png) [@Trav](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Trav)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/5 "2023-10-30T13:59:59Z")

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I’ll take a look right now and fix whatever’s happening.

[https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-77985/3rd-party-pdf-writers-not-saving-correct-page-dimensions](https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-77985/3rd-party-pdf-writers-not-saving-correct-page-dimensions)

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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/6 "2023-11-15T00:47:02Z")

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Like others I found the issue is still here in the Rhino 8 release.

I’m also noticing that I cannot get my drawings to print Vectorized when using RhinoPDF printer. Is this a related issue or something else?

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/7 "2023-11-15T03:08:17Z")

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yes, make sure to install service release candidate 8.1

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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/8 "2023-11-21T01:34:39Z")

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I updated to Version 8 SR1 (8.1.23318.13001, 2023-11-14) and neither issue is resolved. Adobe PDF still chops the 11x17 down to 8.5x11 and RhinoPDF is rasterizing everything even though I am only printing lines and text in wireframe viewports.

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/9 "2023-11-21T01:48:39Z")

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I use bluebeam revu and I don’t have the chopping issue anymore, how do you start the print command? since the menu doesn’t work so I use a macro instead,

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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/10 "2023-11-21T19:07:19Z")

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I use the Print command, so the dialog box pops up. If you are not using the Adobe PDF printer (a virtual printer that is installed on your system with Adobe Acrobat) then you probably would not experience the same issue assuming that it is related to the printer driver.

What does your macro look like? I didn’t know that was a possibility.

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/11 "2023-11-21T19:10:10Z")

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I use the same dialogbox. It used to be chopped on V8 SR0 but it seems to be resolved here:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/7/d/8/7d8bb3900d8d7fcbe114b30e48963e5cb43b118a.png)

probably more work is needed for additional printers.

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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/12 "2023-11-21T20:46:13Z")

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Additional detail - When using Rhino PDF printer and Output Type: Vector, If I print a single sheet, it produces vector, but multiple layouts will cause it to rasterize all the sheets. I also tried checking the box to ‘Save each layout to a separate sheet’, but that still resulted in rasterization.

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/13 "2023-11-21T21:05:23Z")

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Can you test this file and let me know? I have this Thread that is actively discussing the items:  
[Rhino 8 - Printing PDFs - Nightmare Thread - Serengeti (Rhino 8 BETA) - McNeel Forum](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-printing-pdfs-nightmare-thread/168176/60)

try to print all the pages and let me know  
[Scaling Linetypes.3dm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/3kSYWRGkvBv3XTWYwNG1Lvn4Q8K.3dm) (104.4 KB)

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**Author:** ![jcparks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jcparks/32/515696_2.png) [@jcparks](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jcparks)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/14 "2023-11-21T21:59:17Z")

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Thanks for linking me to your thread. These are the same issues I am seeing as well, and will help add to it. I tried printing your file and encountered the same issues (rasterization when printing multiple, Adobe PDF cutoff)

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**Author:** ![michaelvollrath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/michaelvollrath/32/479405_2.png) [@michaelvollrath](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/michaelvollrath)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/15 "2023-11-21T22:06:30Z")

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I’m getting the same issue with rasterization of multiple sheet simultaneous export

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/16 "2023-11-21T22:10:49Z")

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Thank you for Confirming @jcparks and @michaelvollrath hoping that Mcneel can give us some update about that.

Can you try this build from the weekend?  
[https://files.mcneel.com/dujour/exe/20231119/rhino\_en-us\_8.2.23323.14001.exe](https://files.mcneel.com/dujour/exe/20231119/rhino_en-us_8.2.23323.14001.exe)

Also Insteat of using CTRL+P or Print Dialogbox, use this macro  
`-_Print _Preview`

It seems the macro above Generates all vector graphics, but it shows a different dialog box

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**Author:** ![michaelvollrath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/michaelvollrath/32/479405_2.png) [@michaelvollrath](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/michaelvollrath)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/17 "2023-11-21T22:38:19Z")

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> [@tay.othman](#):
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> Can you try this build from the weekend?

This is the build I am using

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**Author:** ![tay.othman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/tay.othman/32/766134_2.png) [@tay.othman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/tay.othman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/printing-with-adobe-pdf/165241/18 "2023-11-21T22:48:09Z")

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Great, Try to access the print dialogbox from the Macro, it should show a slightly different one. I tested it and it works for now.  
[Scaling Linetypes3.pdf](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/b0nESapwprADdqJfSX4ejr1TBu4.pdf) (48.7 KB)