I've created some graphic art projects and was wondering if they could be sent to a service to have them printed?Is there any way I can save a WD Premium file as a PDF?Thank you
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I've created some graphic art projects and was wondering if they could be sent to a service to have them printed?Is there any way I can save a WD Premium file as a PDF?Thank you
I would think so, then I just looked. Nope. Not even a plain vanilla PDF. :(
Your best choice, and it is not much of a choice, is JPEG and change the resolution to 300dpi. Or if the service provider supports it, maybe Photoshop PSD.
If printing is available, you may have success with printing to a pdf print driver. You would need to set the paper size in the print driver.
Thank you. That wasn't the answer I was hoping for, but it is what it is. As a work-around, I previewed the file in my browser [Chrome] then I clicked on the browser's print option and set the destination to "Save as PDF" which worked, but I'm not sure of how the margins will affect the printing. I will also need to set the page size to the px of a standard size paper. [8 1/2 x 11 inch]
8.5”x11” file should be 816 pixels wide (8.5 inches) and 1056 pixels tall (11 inches) Converter here... https://everythingfonts.com/font/too...s/px-to-inches
No, that would be a standard windows resolution ...
For printing you would want to go with 300 dpi or 2550 x 3300.
Just tried https://www.web2pdfconvert.com on this Thread: Attachment 127388.
Try Save as Print again on the same page and see if it is any better.
I have found Xara's centring of a web page is problematic when attempting printing at the best of times.
There is a TG Thread on the issues I contributed to a time back: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...nd-on-Web-page.
Personally, I would get a Trial version of XDPX and use its PDF export if the work can be done over a limited period.
Acorn
I would love to purchase XDPX [to use long-term] but it's a bit much for just starting out.I think the best solution for me will be to save the images as a JPG and then converting that into a PDF.However, how do I change the resolution to 300dpi? Do I change the page size since I have it set for standard page size now?I'm just learning about the technical side of this, but I hope to learn more so my designs are usable. I used to use Microsoft Publisher, but Xara WD is so much nicer to work with.
Here's my image information after doing the export from WD. Is this acceptable?https://letstalk.tinytake.com/tt/NDQ0MjAwMF8xNDA0NTIzOQ
marjorie, 96dpi is not any use.Quote:
Originally Posted by marjorie
Here is what I would do if I only had XWDP.
I would select a page at a time. I have assumed and set A4 Landscape in XWDP.
Then use File > Export JPEG.
Add a File Name but then press the settings button and change:
- Bitmap Size > Area to Save: Page
- Bitmap Size > Bitmap Size & Resolution: type in 1200 DPI --> 14,332 x 9,922 pixels.
- Export
Here is my test file:
:pointAttachment 127390 - all of 32KB.
My 1200dpi JPEG is 23MB.
I would either download IrfanView64 or use PDF-XChange Viewer or a free on-line JPEG2PDF convertor service.
In IrfanView, the PDF is slightly large and in PDF-XChange is it slightly less.
I did not try an on-line service as I did not want to publish this file.
For the resultant PDFs, I zoomed in and only started seeing jaggies at 3200%.
Obviously you can change to 8.5 x 11" and drop the DPI but if you have the space keep the DPI as high as XWDP allows.
Storage is cheap.
Acorn
Awesome! Thank you so much for all the details. I think I have this down now! :)I will also look at the centering issue thread as this has been a problem in the past as well. Especially for a client who has several pages with forms that need to be printed out. We were changing the size in the print settings just to get the entire form on a page.Thank you for everything! :)