I've just revamped a menu in Draw X6 finished size A3. The printer asked for the page to be 6mm over sized in both directions to allow for cropping = 426 x 303mm
When converted to PDF the page was much larger 451.4 x 328.4mm and the crop marks if used would have left the page over A3 in size.
I guess my settings are up the creek somewhere but I'm not sure why or how.
Must admit PDF settings baffle me in main.
Mayfly said:Thanks for the replies, but as stated above it was adding an additional 25mm to the page size that's what I can't understand, even without the bleed box checked it was adding an additional 15mm to the page size. I have sorted it with the printer but I can't understand why Adobe was adding so much extra to the page.
I believe you're talking about the information if you move the mouse over the bottom left corner on Acrobat. You should go to Print production / Set Page boxes (it could be different according the Acrobat version) and check page boxes. This is the only real information The Trim Box if the final size of the job (it should be 297x420 mm on your sample), and the Bleed Box should be 303x426 mm (Trim Box + 3 mm bleed around). If you see the Crop Box, you will see 15.7 mm of blank space around but this is only for view purpose. The only real important data are the Page boxes