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Custom Paper Sizes in Plots?
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2021-12-31 04:00

    Is there a way to enter a custom paper size in for a Plot?

    I recently went through an (excellent) tutorial, but when it came time to layout a plot for export/printing, he referred to clicking on Paper Setup and setting a size of 24"x24". I can't seem to do this. The button says Page Setup, not Paper, and the only size options seem to be those offered by the printers I have installed. When I click "Export to PDF", it seems to take on the aspect ratio of whatever printer paper size I had last selected. This all makes sense in a way, but I could see situations where I might want to specify a final target size for my plot, even though I don't have a printer installed that prints that (for instance I could set my Page Layout size to 24"x24", then export it as a hi res .pdf, then email that to someone who has a large format printer that can handle that size).

    Is there a way to do this? Perhaps by installing a sort of proxy printer on my system that allows me to select any paper size I want?

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    2021-12-31 09:08

    Hi,

    Are you on Windows or macOS?

    Technical Director
    Capture Visualisation AB
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    2022-01-02 09:09

    I am on Windows 10

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    2022-01-06 11:30

    There are many free "ghost printers" available online that could do what you ask. I have found cutepdf (basically a free print to pdf writer) being a very light and powerfull programm that could do the job.

    Product Specialist
    Capture Visualisation AB
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