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    Efficient pdf converting of a web page?

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    • john2J Offline
      john2
      last edited by

      Eh..Watkins, it's still the white background and not the exact web page format, with black background and the exact formatting that I want the pdf to be. 😕

      Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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      • RoidsanR Offline
        Roidsan
        last edited by

        John2

        I'm not sure this will help because I don't know that much about PDFs, but the only way to find out is to post it.

        I make PDFs by pulling screen captures, moving them into PhotoShop and saving them as Photoshop PDF files. I've sent these "PDFs" out to friends and clients, and they seem to do the job, (they open on any computer, and can be printed) however I don't know how that would meet your requirements. I'm doing this on a Mac which is pretty easy. I can't tell you how to accomplish the same thing on a PC, the capture and put into Photoshop part, but I'm sure someone here can.

        Good luck. 😄

        Lloyd

        Everything's alright now, the photographer's here.

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        • charly2008C Offline
          charly2008
          last edited by

          Hi,

          I used the free PDF Creator


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          SketchUp and Vray Resources_ Tutorial_ Grass and Rock Displacement in Vray SketchUp.pdf

          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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          • john2J Offline
            john2
            last edited by

            freeversion??

            Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              YES!

              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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              • W Offline
                watkins
                last edited by

                Do you mean this one?

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                PDFCreator

                Download PDFCreator for free. Converts every printable document to PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF and more. PDFCreator creates professional PDFs with just a few clicks and it's free. PDFCreator comes with many professional features to merge documents, send emails, and more.

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                Bob

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                • charly2008C Offline
                  charly2008
                  last edited by

                  Hi Watkins,

                  Yes it is.

                  Charly

                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                  • irwanwrI Offline
                    irwanwr
                    last edited by

                    hello

                    would you like to check this link?
                    Gizmo Freeware Review: Best PDF Writer

                    if you are using Google Chrome, there's an extension that might be useful
                    Save as PDF

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                    • john2J Offline
                      john2
                      last edited by

                      @charly2008 said:

                      Hi,

                      I used the free PDF Creator

                      charly how are you able to get this?!! i tried pdf creator but im not able to get the same result as yours. i'm still getting the old white pdf. is there any setting that you do? What are the exact steps that you take to make a pdf? In google chrome i'm just right clicking and print and i get the pdf.

                      Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        @john2 said:

                        @charly2008 said:

                        Hi,

                        I used the free PDF Creator

                        charly how are you able to get this?!! i tried pdf creator but im not able to get the same result as yours. i'm still getting the old white pdf. is there any setting that you do? What are the exact steps that you take to make a pdf? In google chrome i'm just right clicking and print and i get the pdf.

                        Charly's example is just a bunch of (rasterized) screenshot placed into a .pdf..
                        if you're ok with that then it opens up a lot more possibilities?

                        -with the 'white' pdfs you're making, you can keep zooming in and the text remains crisp because the font size is actually updating instead of simply zoom in on a rasterized font..
                        -you can select & copy/paste etc from the 'white' pdfs
                        -the links will remain active (if they're written in http:// form..)

                        zoom in on charly's pdf for comparison and you'll see the difference.

                        dotdotdot

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