Page Setup - Paper Size Memory

brettsichellodesign · 9 Aug 2016, 23:16

Why does Layout not remember the "Page Size" in "Page Setup"? Does anyone have a solution for this?

It seems crazy that you set a sheet size such as ARCH D in "Document Setup" and then every time you open the file and print a set of construction documents you have to change the Page Size because it defaults to the Adobe PDF Printer standard sheet size which is "Letter".

Suggestions?

Dave R · 10 Aug 2016, 00:42

Does the printer handle Arch D sized paper? If you are exporting a PDF at Arch D size and you have Arch D paper set as the default paper size in your printer, then it should print at that size. If you have Arch D paper in your printer but the printer's default paper size is Letter, it'll print at that size. This isn't a problem with LayOut.

brettsichellodesign · 10 Aug 2016, 06:37

Yes we could set the default page size to ARCH D in the Acrobat PDF print driver but we also print letter size documents all day long so switching the default setting in the print driver every time isn't ideal.

Dave R · 10 Aug 2016, 09:06

Maybe you need to use two different printers; one for the Letter-sized paper and another for the Arch-D.

brettsichellodesign · 11 Aug 2016, 03:22

Windows only allows one default printer so we would have to switch printers every time. I guess this needs to be addressed by Trimble in the next version as this is such a pain in the ass.

Dave R · 11 Aug 2016, 08:39

This is not a problem for Trimble to solve. You should, instead, be talking to the manufacturer of the printer and its drivers.

Charlie__V · 12 Aug 2016, 12:20

If you are printing to .pdf with a print driver/Acrobat, why not just use Layout's export to .pdf?

Exporting to .pdf from Layout maintains sheet size.

Charlie

axys · 24 Aug 2016, 11:50

I have a similar issue - Layout does not remember the Page Setup dialogue boxes at all. I have A3 landscape set as the default in Preferences, which works fine, but if I then open Page Setup, select my A3 printer and A3 paper, save and close the file, when I reopen it those settings have reverted back to the default. This can’t be the correct behaviour surely?

Update - I see that it uses the default printer settings from System Prefs - I have an A4 laser as the default. If I change that to my A3 laser, it shows the correct settings in Page Setup. That doesn’t excuse it as bad behaviour though, in my view.

SketchUp Pro 2016 - OS 10.11.6