Re: AFP overlay different alignment on printer

I have a feeling something like the following has been said here, but I thought I'd look into unprintable area for PDFs - here is a statement from Adobe to a community topic of *pdf margin different than printer margin* -

The factors involved include page size, unprintable page margins (*Adobe PDF has no unprintable areas*, real printers do - typically up to 0.25" on each edge of the page), and device resolution (Adobe PDF defaults to 1200dpi although you can change this in the Printer Setup).Aug 21, 2017


pdf margin different than printer margin - Adobe Community

<https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/pdf-margin-different-than-printer-margin/m-p/9278247#:~:text=The%20factors%20involved%20include%20page,this%20in%20the%20Printer%20Setup).>
So that's the official word. Maybe in these days where we don't use dot-band printers anymore, we should always keep content out of the margins - we've been saying something like that, I think.

Cheers
Vern

On 2/6/2024 4:00 PM, Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:

Yes, we have this problem constantly. So far all of the printers we've
tested render the printout the same, only the PDF is different.

Art

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 10:02 AM Patrik Schindler<poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Åke,

Am 05.02.2024 um 14:23 schrieb Åke Olsson<konsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I have created an overlay för AFP printing of invoices for a client.

When I run my tests and fetch the PDF for the end result everything

aligns

correctly.

When I release it to the printer on the other hand the overlay is about

5 mm

too low and 7 mm too far to the right.

A very similar case has been discussed just recently. Please have a look
at the mail list archives onhttps://archive.midrange.com/

:wq! PoC



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