Maximum Paper Size?

Question

I have Adobe Acrobat X Std running on Windows 7.  I'm thinking about upgrading to XI.  The key will be paper size.  I create large data models.  Up to 60" X 240".  I know Adobe used to have a 200" limit.  Is it stll the case?   After experimenting with my currect version, I think there is a 3000 square inch limit as well.  I could print a diagram sized to 30" X 90" but not one sized at 30" X 100".  That was with Acrobat X Standard.   That's why I'm considering the Pro version for my upgrade, but I want to know what it's upper limits are.  Anyone have an answer?
Rich

Answer 1

All,
Here is an update on my situation/problem.
1.  I've been talkig with Adobe tech support.  They say there is a size limit in Standard that is less than that in Professional.  They weren't specific about the nature of this limit.
2.  I've upgraded to Adobe Acrobat XI Standard from X.  The problem hasn't changed.
3.  I've upgraded to Adobe Acrobat XI Professional.  The problem hasne't changed.
4.  I created a very large spreadsheet and tried to print it as PDF to 40" wide by 70" high paper (just under that 3000 square inch limit).  It took 43 pages, but it worked.
5.  I tried to print the same spreadsheet as PDF to 40" wide by 80" high paper (The same amount over the 3000 sq. in. limit, but well under the old 200" X 200" limit.).  I got an out of memory error message.  I've got 4 GB of memory and Excel was the only application running.  This doesn't make much sense to me.  The successful PDF from step 4 was about 1.3 Meg in size.
I would very much appreciate it if someone would confrim my steps 4 & 5.  Create a large spreadsheet and try to print to Adobe PDF using a very large custom paper size.  I'd like to know if the problem is general or just on my PC.
I just received the following from another source:
Here is an interesting article about Windows 7 RTM having issues with large documents.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-RTM-Can-t-Print-Large-Page-Documents-130269.shtml
“The problem will occur if "(Paper Width in inches * dpi) * (Paper Length in inches * dpi)" results in a number larger than 4GB (0xFFFFFFFF),” the company noted.
The deal breaking combination is a mixture of high resolution content and large paper size, Microsoft said.
So maybe if you reduce your dpi resolution you might get it to print. Just an off-the-wall thought. Of course, maybe this was only an issue with RTM.
Anyway, here is the rest of the article:
“You are unable to print a document on a large paper size at a high resolution from a Windows 7 client. For example, printing at 600x600 dpi one page which printable area is 40" x 300" will fail. The same page will be printed fine when printed at 300x300 dpi,” the software giant revealed.
There is a solution already available for end users to deal with this issue. However, Microsoft is not offering an update or a hotfix, or any sort of automatic resolve for that matter. Still, the fix is simple enough that it can be easily implemented manually, and in fact this is what the Redmond company is advising customers to do.
“Add the following registry DWORD and set the value to 1 (if the printer driver is using EMF data type) or 2 (if the printer driver uses RAW data type): [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] "UMPDSecurityLevel" - DWORD - "0x1" or "0x2",” Microsoft noted.
Does anyone know if this applies to Adober Acrobat PDF?  Which data type does Adobe use?
TIA.
Rich