How to create A3 sized PDF file without an A3 printer

david_now · Post by **david_now** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 3:24 pm

Hi,
New user here.

Is it possible to create an A3 sized PDF file when the only physical printer I have is A4.

I would like to send the A3 file to a 3rd party.

Thanks

hansmex · Post by **hansmex** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:23 am

Install a PDF printer driver. (Windows 10 already has a standard one.) Print to that "printer".

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david_now · Post by **david_now** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:28 pm

Thanks. I should have said that I'm using a Mac. Is it possible there ?

Xiste · Post by **Xiste** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:00 pm

I should have said that I'm using a Mac. Is it possible there ?

On the Mac any PDF you create is zoomable without loosing quality.
I have an A4 printer, and my builder has printed a perfect A2 from my PDF.

Xiste

BiBaZe · Post by **BiBaZe** » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:32 am

Although the post is quite old I want to share my solution for printing in different formats like A0/A1/A3/etc.:

So it seems like the available printing formats in the page setup of SH3D are linked to the supported formats of the default printer set in your operating system (e.g. Windows).

After I changed my default printer in the windows settings from the physical printer to an installed PDF printer (PDFCreator) and restartet SH3D I was able to choose between all formats the PDF printer supports in the page setup of SH3D. Hopefully this also will work for Mac

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How to create A3 sized PDF file without an A3 printer