"Printing" to PDF Questions

[Woody44]

I self-publish books through Amazon KDP. The preferred upload to Amazon is a PDF with fonts embedded.

I just tried to create a PDF from a third-party program (app) using the FlexiPDF virtual printer. The page size of the document is 6 inches by 9 inches (a standard book size in the U.S.). FlexiPDF put the document in the correct type size, but on 8-1/2-incj by 11-inch pages. How do I set the correct page size in FlexiPDF?

Also, there was nothing to indicate whether or not fonts are being embedded. Obviously, my system has the fonts I use already installed, but how can I verify that the fonts are embedded in case Amazon's system doesn't have one or more of the fonts I use? (Which would be likely, since I have Megafont NOW and I use some of those fonts in my books.)

[Jossi]

If FlexiPDF's virtual printer doesn't meet all your needs, you could try eDocPrintPro (https://www.pdfprinter.at/en/). This is a free, highly flexible virtual printer which allows you to embed fonts and define page sizes. It hasn't let me down yet.

[Woody44]

I have doPDF, but since I bought FlexiPDF I would really like it if it would do what needs to be done.

On the page size issue: I went through the exercise of creating a custom page size. It didn't work. I set the page size for 6" x 9", and it created am image of the text formatted as it should appear on a 6" x 9" page -- but on an 8-1/2" x 11" page.

Frustrating.

[SuperTech]

For the page size issue: make sure your custom 6"x9" size is saved and selected in the virtual printer's properties, and that the source app's page setup matches before printing. Sometimes the printer defaults to the source document's paper size.

To check font embedding in FlexiPDF, go to the ribbon: Document | Extras | Fonts dropdown | Document Fonts. That panel will clearly show each font used and whether it's embedded or subsetted.