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Okay cool. So it's something that mimicks a printer. In which case I think it might be an issue with that PDF driver that's causing the problem.

So I'll go back to my original suggestion, and recommend you try PrimoPDF. It's free and works in the same way that your current option works. It's never failed me, so could be worth a try, and may sort out all of your problems.

Edit: I've just tried it, setting up the images using the print dialogue like you're doing, and it seems to work fine... the gradients look good to me. PDF Output

I'm not sure I understand what you're after, what do you mean by 'I need it for imposition'? I understand that you're getting buggy results with Print to PDF, but if you can save to PDF okay, then why not just do that?

If on the other hand you can only save to CDR and need a PDF, then one quick alternative might be to have a go with PrimoPDF it fits into Windows as if it's another physical printer, but then lets you output to PDF.

You don't save it as a pdf, you print it as a pdf. Click print and look in the printer select drop down and there should be an option that says Adobe PDF. This will print your view but instead of actually printing it, it just produces a pdf. If you don't have a printer option like that you can download a print to pdf program here.

To print to scale look at the scale settings just in the print menu. It has two box, one that says Printout and one that says In Sketchup. You adjust these to get your scale. So for example to get a scale of 1:100, put 1 in the Printout box (in cm) and put 100 in the Sketchup box (also in cm). If you're working in feet and inches its just a matter of changing the units in those menus (e.g. 1/4 inch in printout to 1 foot in sketchup will give you 1/4"-1' scale).

If you're on Windows you can grab something like this: http://www.primopdf.com

It allows you to print to PDF so it won't matter what program you're using (it shows up as a printer in your system). There's probably similar software for other operating systems as well.

This won't answer your questions but I would use Finale Notepad to compose and arrange and then use a free PDF printer such as PrimoPDF or the one included with Foxit. I think Foxit is probably the best free PDF reader with annotation and overall speed. If you just need to merge and split PDFs you gotta use PDFSam

I would try printing the doc to PDF with another app, like the freeware PrimoPDF.

http://www.primopdf.com/

If you get the same result, the issue would need to be resolved in the Word doc, in some way. Maybe save the Word doc as an older version (.doc) before printing the PDF file.

Word doesn't have many options in creating .PDF files. You might try another app to create the .PDF file.

Try printing the PDF file with another app like PrimoPDF. Set the default resolution to "Print" instead of "Screen":

http://i.imgur.com/GUfhMCd.png

In Word, PrimoPDF shows up as a printer. Print your PDF and it will prompt for a save location, among other features.

http://www.primopdf.com/

Word doesn't have many options in creating .PDF files.

Try printing the PDF file with another app I like PrimoPDF. Set the default resolution to "Print" instead of "Screen":

http://i.imgur.com/GUfhMCd.png

In Word, PrimoPDF shows up as a printer. Print your PDF and it will prompt for a save location.

http://www.primopdf.com/

Not sure what you're asking, but if you want to create pdfs, try PrimoPDF. Free version here: http://www.primopdf.com/. It's a pdf creator that emulates a printer. You should be able to make a pdf of anything you could print, including annotated pdfs other people send to you. It's got some baconware; just uncheck the boxes as you install it and you should be fine. I've used it for years with nary a pop-up. Also, if you're just looking for a clean reader, you'll want this: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

> I would not trust it http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/warning-primopdf-5102-installs-adware

One user reports malware while downloading from filehippo a year ago? This is why you don't trust the app?

This is a very popular app. 27,000,000 downloads. I've used this program on hundreds of machines...never had any issue.

http://www.primopdf.com/

PhotoShop does seem to create "unusual" .PDF files. Try another PDF writer, like PrimoPDF:

http://www.primopdf.com/

It shows up as a printer. Be sure to change the default output to Print and save settings:

http://i.imgur.com/e7l0HHH.png

PrimoPDF is a free PDF creator that can append PDF files.

Scan the resume, print as PDF. Scan the other doc, then save to the same file name. PrimoPDF will prompt you to append the file.

http://www.primopdf.com/

For best results, choose "Print" as the quality setting in PrimoPDF when saving.

http://i.imgur.com/Be3Rv1B.png

Even better, print/save to PDF first. Many programs like Chrome and Office have this built-in, or you can get a print driver like this. Then print it from Acrobat Reader or Pro, which lets you print the exact pages you want.

I have used PrimoPDF without any issues for printing to PDF. There's a free version that should do what you want.

Edit: First Google result for XPS to PDF. Does it all online, no software needed.

I use Primo PDF to print out all my character sheets from the 4e character builder. I originally started using it back in college and it works great on heavily formatted docs like the character sheets, too. I've tried those character pdfs on my phone, but even on a 4.0" screen, it's not what I'd call ideal.

Yes. Google "url to pdf" if this doesn't work the way you want.

edited to add: Primo PDF has a free program that you can use to print things to pdf (acts as a printer), although from my experience they're generally larger in file size than the same thing printed using Adobe Acrobat (but beggars can't be choosers).

Just download a free pdf converted such as this one. I used a similar software at my old school; in that you could print, then choose freePDF or something as the printer and it saved a pdf file. Not sure if that particular software I linked is any good, haven't tried any myself.

There are various programs which can print to PDF. It's nice to have that because it allows practically anything to be converted to PDF. One example of a Windows program for that is http://www.primopdf.com/ .