The [Page Settings] tab in the SkyPDF Pro MT Driver print settings allows you to configure settings for page size, margins, and saving of PDFs.
If there is a discrepancy between the this driver printing settings and the application-side settings for the original document, the application-side settings take precedence.
The version of the output PDF can be changed.
The functions that can be set differ depending on the version of the PDF (see chart below).
If you select [Auto], you can output the PDF in the PDF version according to the function settings.
Also, please display the output PDF with a PDF viewer that supports the PDF version and the set functions.
M: Must be set
O: Can be set
-: Cannot be set
Functions not listed in chart: No effect
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1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | ||
Compression Options | Color/Grayscale Images : JPEG2000 | - | O | O | O | O |
Security | Encryption Level : 128-bit RC4 | O | O | O | O | - |
Encryption Level : 128-bit AES | - | - | O | O | - | |
Encryption Level : 256-bit AES | - | - | - | O | O | |
Disable Document Accessibility | O | O | O | O | - | |
Document | Output document information as meta data | O | O | O | O | M |
Standards | Standards Compliance : PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, PDF-4, PDF/X-1a(2001), PDF/X-1a(2003) |
Auto |
Set the paper size of the PDF to be created.
Standard | Selectable standard paper sizes. |
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Custom Size | You can specify the paper size by entering the width and height into Width x Height.
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You can select Portrait or Landscape for the paper orientation.
Portrait | Paper orientation with its [Width] as the horizontal side and its [Height] as the vertical side. |
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Landscape | Paper orientation with its [Height] as the horizontal side and its [Width] as the vertical side. |
You can configure the margin setting for the top and left sides of the page of the PDF file.
Margin | You can configure the margin setting for the top and left sides of the page of the PDF file.
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Unit for Custom Size and Margine | You can select the unit of measure used for specifying the paper size or margin from Inch/Point/Milimetre. If you change Units, the input value of Paper Size and Margin will be changed automatically.
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Select this to have the PDF file open automatically after it is created.
Select this to automatically delete blank pages from the PDF file that were included in the original document.
Optimizing a PDF file reduces the file size and prepares it for page-at-a-time downloading.
Select this to embed thumbnail images in the new PDF file.
If you embed thumbnails, you can select a thumbnail in the PDF viewer to display the correct page quickly.
Select [Color] or [Monochrome] to set the PDF color.
Color | Converts to a PDF without changing the colors of the original document. |
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Monochrome | Converts to a grayscale PDF regardless of the colors of the original document. |
You can configure the resolution and zoom settings for the new PDF file.
Resolution | You can select the resolution for the new PDF file from 72dpi, 96dpi, 150dpi, 300dpi, and 600dpi.
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Zoom | You can specify the zoom level for the new PDF file. The zoom setting does not affect the page size. (Example) If a PDF file is created with a zoom setting of 50%, the content of the document will be reduced 50% (to A5 size) and placed on an A4 size page. If a zoom setting of 200% is specified, the content of the document will be increased 200% and placed on an A4 size page, but the overflowed area will be deleted or moved to separate pages. |
You can configure the settings for the file name of the new PDF file or the folder in which the file will be saved.
Show Save Dialog | If you set [Show Save Dialog], the Save PDF file As dialog box is displayed, and you can specify the file name and the folder in which to save the PDF file.
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Output to the Specified Destination Folder | If you set [Output to the Specified Destination Folder], the PDF file will be saved to the folder which was specified in "Destination Folder" with the same file name as the original document name(the part before the extension). |
Destination Folder | The folder set in "Destination Folder" is the default folder of the "Save PDF file As" dialog box when [Show Save Dialog] is selected, and the destination folder of the PDF file when [Output to the Specified Destination Folder] is selected. The [Default] button restores the settings to those specified during installation. |
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Saves the PDF files in the "My Documents" folder. |
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Saves the PDF files in the "Desktop" folder. |
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If you want to specify a new save folder, enter the path to the folder, or click Browse to select the folder. |
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This item can be set when [Show Save Dialog] is selected. Select to have the "Save PDF File As" dialog box default to the folder in which the PDF file was last saved. |
Setting When File Already Exists | You can select from the following procedures when a file with the same name already exists in the destination folder.
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A message appears to confirm whether to overwrite the existing file with the same name.
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The existing file is automatically overwritten. |
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Save a file by automatically adding a sequential number (1 to 99,999) to the end of each file name. It is an error if the number exceeds 99,999, and no PDF files will be created. For example, if a document named ABC.doc is converted three times without changing the file name, the PDF files to be created will be ABC.pdf, ABC1.pdf and ABC2.pdf. |
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The content of the new PDF file is appended to the content of the existing file to make a single file.
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Add the Date to the File Name | Enabling this option will append the output date and time to the end of the PDF file name, separated by an underscore. |
Add the Process ID to the File Name | Enabling this option will automatically add the process ID to the end of the output PDF file name. |