Group Policy: Adding Paper sizes..

[u2_storm]

I have brought 100 copies of Adobe PDF printer (Adobe Acrobat Elements) which was fairly well prices and its true Adobe PDF printer so I hope not so many problems than 3rd Party.

Anyway it seems that I have to manually log onto each computer and go Start>Control Panel>Printers>PDF Printer>Printer Prefs>Adobe PDF page size then Add A0,A1,A2 alittle anoying as I have 100 users & the default group policy blocks users changes these settings..... Is there a way I can add paper sizes eather with a VBS or allow users via group policy to add it.

The only problem is currently I don't use GP to deploy PDF printer as some users have the full version which has a0,a1,a2

Any ideas?

G

[MazX_Napalm]

Prob. won't solve your current problem, but you should just set up a Distiller server. Only one license of Adobe is needed. Each paper size has it's own settings (setup in the watch folder settings). I have A4 - A0 setup and works just fine.

[bobbba]

Find out what is changed(registry entries, ini files, etc) when the paper sizes are added and repeat by either a login script or a gpo.

[u2_storm]

Just a update for you, I ran a util to check what changed in my reg and then just copied them and installed them on all the machines via group policy and it worked great!. I don't have as many angry architects on my back now...

[MazX_Napalm]

Want to realy please your CAD jockies?

Set up a Distiller server. They will be able to batch plot with automatic naming. The name is picked up from the file name + paper space name. I have guys running 50 - 100 batch plots without any problems.

You will need to have AutoCAD Full or DWG TrueView (previously DWG Viewer).