How to print part of the page in acrobat to one paper?

[olin]

I have a pdf file of a map. It has only one page, but the image in the page has very large resolution and information that I can only see the words clearly under a 400% zoom. So I want to print this page on sixteen papers and combine them into a large map. How can I do this? Thank you very much!

 

[tgreer]

Extract the image (or save the PDF as an EPS). Load it into an imaging application. Print it from there.

If you get stuck, I can help through PostScript programming. Contact me offline if you wish, my email is my website.

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Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[olin]

Okey, I think extracting the image is a good idea! I'll try it. Thank you! But I'd like to learn some postscript too. Can you tell me how to write the script?

 

[tgreer]

There are a couple of articles on my site about working with EPS files.

Despite the name, PostScript isn't a scripting language, it's a complete and complex programming language.

My thought was that, if you changed the page size to something very large via PostScript, and then printed it, it would automatically "tile". After thinking that over a bit, I'm not sure that's what would happen. In fact, your printer would probably complain that it didn't support that page size.

So, printing the image through an application is the way to go.

If you still want to learn PostScript, there's info on my site and in the Tek-Tips PostScript forum.



Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[fizzak]

Take the PDF to Kinkos and have them print it on an Océ 40" B/W printer. It's like .20 per linear foot. Cheap.