System - Printer Settings
Created: March 26, 2019 | Updated: September 03, 2021
| Applies to versions: 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 20.2. For the latest, read: System - Printer Settings for version 21
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The System - Printer Settings page of the Preferences dialog
Summary Copy Link Copied
The System – Printer Settings page of the Preferences dialog allows you to customize page sizes for exported PDF documents.
Access Copy Link Copied
This page is accessed by clicking Printer Settings under the System folder in the main Preferences dialog (accessed by clicking the 
button in the top right corner of the workspace).
Options/Controls Copy Link Copied
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Custom page sizes for exporting to PDF
- Title - the name of the page size.
- Width - the width of the page size.
- Height - the height of the page size.
- Add - click to add a size to the main list. Choices include:
- ARCH A
- ARCH B
- ARCH C
- ARCH D
- ARCH E
- ARCH E1
- C5 Envelope (162 x 229 mm)
- DL Envelope (110 x 220 mm)
- Folio (8.5 x 13 in)
- JIS B1
- JIS B2
- JIS B3
- JIS B4
- JIS B5
- Ledger (17 x 11 in)
- Monarch Envelope (3.87 x 7.5 in)
- No. 10 Envelope (4.125 x 9.5 in)
- Note (7.5 x 10 in)
- Statement (5.5 x 8.5 in)
- Custom - click this choice to add a new page title and size.
- Edit Page - click to open the Edit Page dialog in which you can customize the title and size of the selected page size.
- Remove - click to remove the selected page size from the list.