Setup tab

Paper size, orientation and pdfFactory dialog box display modes are set using the printer driver properties.

To access the printer properties, select the Start menu, Settings, Printers.  Right-click the pdfFactory icon and select:

• Windows 9x/ME: Properties
• Windows NT: Document defaults
• Windows 2000/XP: Printing preferences

Paper size
This option sets the default paper size. pdfFactory supports a large number of paper sizes as well as custom paper sizes. Custom paper sizes can be created by using the Custom button which is next to the list of available stock sizes.

Orientation
Set this option to either portrait or landscape.

pdfFactory dialog

• Do not show dialog - turns the pdfFactory dialog box off.  Current PDF cration settings will be used with a default name for the PDF file.
• Automatically dismiss dialog - closes the pdfFactory session after the specified number of minutes has elapsed.
• If the dialog box is turned off, the following options are available:

  do nothing - saves to default location

  view the file - displays in Acrobat

  send the file - attaches it to the default email client

  execute a command - executes the specified command or program

Metrics tab

Emulate Printer - this mode ensures that the PDF has the same line breaks and page breaks as printing to the selected printer.  This mode will use the resolution and margins of the selected printer.  If you want to set your own margins and resolution, uncheck this option and use the Margins and Resolution controls.

Graphics tab

Downsample images to 96 dpi - this checkbox applies advanced compression to images which will reduce file sizes for documents that contain them.  This box should be checked unless the images in the PDF are of poor quality. 

JPEG compression - controls compression options for fine tuning bitmap graphic quality vs. file size.  It is also possible to leave images uncompressed.