Saving a PDF as a negative image...is that possible?

I'm trying to save a PDF from Illustrator as a negative image...like in the print menu in 'Output' you can change the image to Negative.
I need to do this so I can send it to an image setter.
I looked in the help menu and briefly online but I couldn't find anything, please let me know if you know how I can do this or if it isn't possible!
Thanks!

Well...
Usually we just send an Illustrator file to the image setter and when we print it, we select the image to be negative and that works out fine.
Now we're trying to send an 11"x17" file when the setting is for 8.5"x11". We couldn't find anywhere in the manuals or help menus for the software where to change the page size on the image setter. Then we were finally able to get it to work with sending a 11"x17" PDF, but now we need it to be a negative image..
It's so frustrating!
But thanks for your help!

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