Save as PDF

[marjorie]

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

[gwpriester]

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.

[mwenz]

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.

[marjorie]

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]

[marjorie]

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

[ss-kalm]

No, that would be a standard windows resolution ...

For printing you would want to go with 300 dpi or 2550 x 3300.

[Acorn]

Just tried https://www.web2pdfconvert.com on this Thread: www-talkgraphics-com-showthread-php-83705-Save-as-PDF.pdf.
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

[marjorie]

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.

[marjorie]

Here's my image information after doing the export from WD. Is this acceptable?https://letstalk.tinytake.com/tt/NDQ0MjAwMF8xNDA0NTIzOQ