Changing size of file to print half scale

I have an engineers drawing that is printed out to a specific scale ( so all drawings match up with actual size of objects) and I would like to find a way to print it in a half scale form so I can use a smaller printer and a smaller piece of paper.
For example, the original file size is set to be printed out to scale on a 33"x 28" piece of paper, I however would like to shrink the scale by 50% and print it out on a smaller piece of paper say 11" x 17".
Hope someone can help.
Marc

There's 3 ways to do it:
Buy Quite Imposing, very easy to use, very powerful, does exactly what you want, but not cheap.
Place your PDF in a program like Indesign, scale it and re export it.  Accurate and tidy, but a bit slower, and you have to have that other program.
Lastly, and most messy, print your PDF to the Adobe PDF printer, and scale it then, but you'll have to play around with the options, and check it thoroughly afterwards.

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