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Neil,

I received your test file, and I think I know what's going on.

I can duplicate your findings -- both on your test file and mine -- by...

1. Selecting the 'Auto-rotate and center pages' option in the READER 5 print dialog.

2. NOT selecting the 'Centered' option in the EPSON NATIVE DRIVER print dialog (under Printable Area). (Mine's a 1270, but I assume you have a similar option on the 1520.)

If you de-select auto-rotate/center in the READER dialog, the printed image actually shifts downward and to the right a bit.

The answer is to use the 'Centered' option in the EPSON dialog. (I don't know whether there is an equivalent option for HP ink jets.) The other answer is to upgrade to READER 6 -- see below.

This might seem counter-intuitive, but my guess is that selecting the auto-rotate/center option in READER 5 makes it interact with Epson (and other ink jet printer) drivers in such a way as to clear the substantial dead zone at the bottom of the sheet... hence, the upward shift.

I also printed your test file on my Apple Laserwriter. It is a Postscript printer, but I don't think that's critical here. Its dead zone is fairly uniform all around the sheet. With the auto-rotate/center option selected in READER, the output was perfectly centered. Here's a case where there's no problem with the "native" driver.

What's even more interesting is that none of this happens with READER 6. With the auto-rotate/center option selected or deselected, and the 'centered' option deselected in the Epson dialog, the output is correctly positioned via the native driver.

Bottom line: I don't think there is anything 'wrong' with the PDF's you are creating via PressReady. I've demonstrated the same behavior with my test file, which was created via Acrobat 6. The 'problem' appears to be an odd interaction between READER 5 and certain native drivers.

Sorry if this is a bit sketchy. I will do more rigorous testing when time permits.

Try the settings I've suggested above, and let me know what happens.

=-= Harron =-=