Publisher 2003 custom page size problem

[Odysseus]

We have received some posters for film output that don't seem to be
respecting the PostScript Custom Page setting. The files are laid out
at an odd size, a little under 9" x 12", and we need to enlarge them
to about 250% of that. We set the scale in Printer Properties, where
we also chose a paper size of 24" x 30", but on printing we get the
error message warning that the page won't fit on the paper, and
although the image appears to be enlarged correctly in the RIP, the
imaged area is the same as the document's page size, with only the
upper-left portion of the poster showing. Moreover on returning to
Properties the paper size is shown as "Letter" (although the rest of
the settings there are correct, and Publisher's Setup dialog shows
the custom size).

We're using Windows XP Pro, printing CMYK separations; the RIP is a
Global Graphics / ECRM / Harlequin "Eclipse" version SP0b, driving an
ECRM Stingray 63 imagesetter.

I would be grateful for any advice on getting the custom size to
'stick', or for any workarounds anyone can suggest.

 

[mac townsend]

What it is doing is pretty much what I'd expect...it is printing that page
on the larger paper.

Never have trusted scaling at print time (Except with large format
rips..there it seems to work well)

What I'd do is punt (WTH it worked for the Patriots, right?<G>)

I'd take the file size as supplied, generate postscript (w/o crops and
such), then distill. Export/Save As from acrobat as eps, place the eps in
(I'd use Corel Draw) a properly sized page, enlarge it as needed, and print
from that.

 

[Odysseus]

What it is doing is pretty much what I'd expect...it is printing that page
on the larger paper.

Well, it's certainly not using the 24" x 30" that it was asked to.
The scaling appeared to 'take', but not the overall size.

Never have trusted scaling at print time (Except with large format
rips..there it seems to work well)

Neither do I, but there's no budget for rebuilding the supplied
files. (Larger format than 25" wide?)

What I'd do is punt (WTH it worked for the Patriots, right?<G>)

I'd take the file size as supplied, generate postscript (w/o crops and
such), then distill. Export/Save As from acrobat as eps, place the eps in
(I'd use Corel Draw) a properly sized page, enlarge it as needed, and print
from that.

Thanks for the suggestion. The workaround I used to get a proof out
is similar but a bit shorter: I just wrote PS at actual size,
Distilled it, then ran the PDF through Farrukh Imposition Publisher
at the larger size (if this hadn't worked I could have set up a RIP
configuration to do the enlargement). But I was hoping there would be
a way to print these posters directly from Publisher.