Print to large format printer - 87 inch Family Tree Maker di

[Bob]

Trying to print my Family Tree Maker ver 9 tree diagram to a large
format printer at Kinkos. Kinkos says they can use KDF format - their
file format or PDF. Tried their driver software to produce KDF - can't
get entire diagram even when I set form to custom postscript 36" x 90".
Anyone used Kinkos's KDF driver with a large tree?

Also trying to print as a PDF. Using the free CutePDF printer driver
that works great for me on other things. Again, only get about 1/2 or
a bit more of my tree.

Anyone have a PDF writer that will take a 87-inch diagram?

Anyone use ver 10 and its output to PDF and use it for a long tree -
say 87 inches or so?

Tried reducing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi. No joy.
Other ideas?

Bob

[Charlie]

On 6 Dec 2004 13:52:27 -0800, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:

Trying to print my Family Tree Maker ver 9 tree diagram to a large
format printer at Kinkos. Kinkos says they can use KDF format - their
file format or PDF. Tried their driver software to produce KDF - can't
get entire diagram even when I set form to custom postscript 36" x 90".
Anyone used Kinkos's KDF driver with a large tree?

Also trying to print as a PDF. Using the free CutePDF printer driver
that works great for me on other things. Again, only get about 1/2 or
a bit more of my tree.

Anyone have a PDF writer that will take a 87-inch diagram?

Anyone use ver 10 and its output to PDF and use it for a long tree -
say 87 inches or so?

Tried reducing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi. No joy.
Other ideas?

Bob

Bob,

I have no problem generating PDFs in page sizes up to 129 inches when
using Acrobat Distiller.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[Joe Makowiec]

On 06 Dec 2004 in soc.genealogy.computing, Bob wrote:

Trying to print my Family Tree Maker ver 9 tree diagram to a large
format printer at Kinkos. Kinkos says they can use KDF format - their
file format or PDF. Tried their driver software to produce KDF - can't
get entire diagram even when I set form to custom postscript 36" x 90".
Anyone used Kinkos's KDF driver with a large tree?

Also trying to print as a PDF. Using the free CutePDF printer driver
that works great for me on other things. Again, only get about 1/2 or
a bit more of my tree.

Anyone have a PDF writer that will take a 87-inch diagram?

Anyone use ver 10 and its output to PDF and use it for a long tree -
say 87 inches or so?

Tried reducing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi. No joy.
Other ideas?

WhollyGenes has a chart printing service
(http://www.whollygenes.com/wallcharts.htm) which will print charts 36"
wide by up to 30 feet long. Small US$20; medium US$30. And they will
print charts directly from FTM.

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.org/
Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe

[Bob Alston]

Charlie wrote:

On 6 Dec 2004 13:52:27 -0800, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:


Trying to print my Family Tree Maker ver 9 tree diagram to a large
format printer at Kinkos. Kinkos says they can use KDF format - their
file format or PDF. Tried their driver software to produce KDF - can't
get entire diagram even when I set form to custom postscript 36" x 90".
Anyone used Kinkos's KDF driver with a large tree?

Also trying to print as a PDF. Using the free CutePDF printer driver
that works great for me on other things. Again, only get about 1/2 or
a bit more of my tree.

Anyone have a PDF writer that will take a 87-inch diagram?

Anyone use ver 10 and its output to PDF and use it for a long tree -
say 87 inches or so?

Tried reducing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi. No joy.
Other ideas?

Bob


Bob,

I have no problem generating PDFs in page sizes up to 129 inches when
using Acrobat Distiller.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
Which version of Family Tree Maker do you have?

Bob

[Bob Alston]

Joe Makowiec wrote:

On 06 Dec 2004 in soc.genealogy.computing, Bob wrote:


Trying to print my Family Tree Maker ver 9 tree diagram to a large
format printer at Kinkos. Kinkos says they can use KDF format - their
file format or PDF. Tried their driver software to produce KDF - can't
get entire diagram even when I set form to custom postscript 36" x 90".
Anyone used Kinkos's KDF driver with a large tree?

Also trying to print as a PDF. Using the free CutePDF printer driver
that works great for me on other things. Again, only get about 1/2 or
a bit more of my tree.

Anyone have a PDF writer that will take a 87-inch diagram?

Anyone use ver 10 and its output to PDF and use it for a long tree -
say 87 inches or so?

Tried reducing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi. No joy.
Other ideas?


WhollyGenes has a chart printing service
(http://www.whollygenes.com/wallcharts.htm) which will print charts 36"
wide by up to 30 feet long. Small US$20; medium US$30. And they will
print charts directly from FTM.

Thanks. And FedEx-Kinkos will print 36-inch by x feet at approx

$1.25-1.50 per lineal foot (I forget the exact).

Bob

[Charlie]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:56:40 -0600, Bob Alston
<[email protected]> wrote:

Which version of Family Tree Maker do you have?

Bob

Bob,
I quit updating FTM after I got version 8. For what I use it for, it
seems to do all that I want. FWIW, my version of Actobat is version 4,
and I run FTM with Acrobat on my old computer that's still on Win 98.

I run my other genealogy programs on the new computer on Win XP.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[Charlie]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:58:09 -0600, Bob Alston
<[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks. And FedEx-Kinkos will print 36-inch by x feet at approx
$1.25-1.50 per lineal foot (I forget the exact).

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for posting that information. I was actually thinking of having
the Hoffpauir Family tree printed out. The Hoffpauir Family
Association includes a PDF version of it on the CD they sell at the
annual reunion. But I just checked it, and the PDF file it produces is
2 ft wide by 2000 ft long.... I guess $3,000 is just a bit more than I
care to spend right now <g>.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[Bob Alston]

Charlie wrote:

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:56:40 -0600, Bob Alston
[email protected]> wrote:



Which version of Family Tree Maker do you have?

Bob


Bob,
I quit updating FTM after I got version 8. For what I use it for, it
seems to do all that I want. FWIW, my version of Actobat is version 4,
and I run FTM with Acrobat on my old computer that's still on Win 98.

I run my other genealogy programs on the new computer on Win XP.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
So is it actually your FTM version 8 that you can print large format

output using your PDF driver? I am trying to figure out if the
limitation may be with my FTM version 9.

Bob

[Charlie]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:26:14 -0600, Bob Alston
<[email protected]> wrote:

Charlie wrote:
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:56:40 -0600, Bob Alston
[email protected]> wrote:



Which version of Family Tree Maker do you have?

Bob


Bob,
I quit updating FTM after I got version 8. For what I use it for, it
seems to do all that I want. FWIW, my version of Actobat is version 4,
and I run FTM with Acrobat on my old computer that's still on Win 98.

I run my other genealogy programs on the new computer on Win XP.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
So is it actually your FTM version 8 that you can print large format
output using your PDF driver? I am trying to figure out if the
limitation may be with my FTM version 9.

Bob

Bob,

Yes. Acrobat is without doubt the best PDF generator, but it's also
the most expensive. I doubt that your FTM ver 9 is a factor. I've been
generating PDFs from FTM (and other genealogy programs) since version
5 or 6.... whenever I got Acrobat. I don't think FTM "removed" any
features from FTM... they just quit adding more "real" features, so I
never found a reason to upgrade again.
---
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/