Export to PDF and JPG creates off-center documents

[B***@adobeforums.com]

I'm using Illustrator CS, and have saved documents to PDF (v.6) and JPG format so I can get them printed at Kinko's.

Illustrator saves all the elements just fine, but the contents all shift, so my PDFs and JPGs don't print properly.

I want my PDF and JPG documents to be aligned exactly as they appear in Illustrator. How do I do this?

[unknown]

Hit [Ctrl]+[Y] and see if you can find any random objects outside the print area.

[J***@adobeforums.com]

I often have to do the same to create proofs for clients. Im not using illustrator CS though, im on 9, but the only 'problem' i have when saving as pdf is if i have my document size set to something different then the dimensions i want to export too, and/or, when my drawing isnt aligned on the workspace (the thick black rectangle). Illustrator, at least in my version, only saves your workspace as a pdf regardless of where your drawn elements appear. If they are in the workspace and fit it should work.

Succes!

Jan-Willem

[J***@adobeforums.com]

You should be able to crop the image wherever it is and PDF it.

[B***@adobeforums.com]

I don't want to crop it. It prints exactly the way I want it as an Illustrator file.

But Kinko's can't handle Illustrator files. So I made PDFs. The PDFs come out off-centered. I don't know why they come out off-centered.

I want my PDFs to align on the page the same way my Illustrator files align on the page. The problem is, Illustrator creates PDFs that don not align properly. I am trying to solve that problem.

[H***@adobeforums.com]

Check page tiling.

[J***@adobeforums.com]

Bob,

What I meant was to put crop marks round the image you want in your PDF: choose the area by creating a rectangle and make crop marks (Alt+O+K+M in AI10).

[B***@adobeforums.com]

Jacob, I'm an Illustrator novice and thus did not realize you and others were on the right track with your suggestions.

While examining my 11 x 17 document in outline mode, I can see bounding boxes that extend well into the space around the document. So before I can create my PDFs, my task will be figuring out how to crop that extra space out of my document.

Thanks for hanging in there with me.

[B***@adobeforums.com]

Cropping my workspace solved the problem. I can now export PDFs and JPGs with the proper alignment.

Note to Adobe: Shouldn't "crop workspace" appear as an option in the File | Export menu?

Thanks again to all.

[unknown]

Shouldn't "crop workspace" appear as an option in the File | Export menu?




But how would it know where you wanted to crop? When you've got so many functions I guess they can't all be right in front of you.

Glad you're sorted. :)