Renerabbitt Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just curious if anyone knew if there was a benefit to Export\Export PDF. Seems to just use the chief PDF Print driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I do believe it is the same creature using a different name. That was the conclusion I arrived at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I believe they're the exact same dialog, just with a different name. I suspect Chief wanted to give people 2 options depending on the behavior they were expecting and that they wanted to make it clear that the wrong dialog wasn't opening up. The Help files seem to describe them as one and the same too... Printing and Exporting PDF Files You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. This will open either thePrint View or Print Image dialog, depending on the view type. You can also save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” as the Destination printer Name in either of these dialogs. See Printing to a PDF File. Printing to a PDF File Portable Document Format, or .pdf files, are one of the most universally compatible and efficient file formats and can be viewed and printed on most computer platforms. You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” or any other PDF writer installed on your system as the Destination printer Name in either the Print View or Print Image dialog. SeePrint View Dialog and Print Image Dialog. You can also print to .pdf from any view by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. See PDF Files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 30 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said: Just curious if anyone knew if there was a benefit to Export\Export PDF. Seems to just use the chief PDF Print driver I believe the only difference is that when you choose Export then the applications PDF converter is used, when you choose Print you get to select the PDF converter from your printer list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I believe the only difference is the word Export or Print in the dialog box name. All other options remain the same AFAI can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Export PDF automatically defaults the Destination: to Chief Architect PDF driver, while Print PDF defaults to last printer used. (could still be Chief Architect PDF driver but not necessary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 a little trick when printing a PDF it is possible to select the pages to be printed and saved as another PDF this allows getting rid of non-relevant pages Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Another little difference: The Export PDF tool will automatically set the page size and orientation based on the page setup, where as the Print tool will not. Still gotta set the DPI manually, though. I assume Export PDF defaults to 600 DPI for everyone else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 hours ago, robdyck said: I assume Export PDF defaults to 600 DPI for everyone else... No it defaults to the C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc\Chief Architect Premier X12.ini setting Printer%20DPI=600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, BrownTiger said: No it defaults to the C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc\Chief Architect Premier X12.ini setting Printer%20DPI=600 Is this OK to change? Would / could it cause any unwanted side effects? Just checked that out...on mine, every instance is set to 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I believe it is set in two different groups [places] one for export pdf and another for printing. Make sure you change the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, BrownTiger said: I believe it is set in two different groups [places] one for export pdf and another for printing. Make sure you change the right one. I did a text search to try and locate a setting for 600 DPI and found nothing. Every instance is set to 300. I'll keep looking and if I find anything, I'll post the results for future searchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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