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Why does my PDF file look squished in Laserfiche?

asked on February 21, 2023

I am running Laserfiche 11.0 desktop client. A user complained that when they put a PDF into Laserfiche, it shows up looking compressed or squished. What causes this and how can we fix? To the user, this causes concern about using Laserfiche so I would love to figure out why and resolve. 

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replied on February 22, 2023

I don't think Laserfiche is squishing the PDF. I believe what you are seeing is related to the zoom setting that is set. If I recall, Laserfiche by default sets the Zoom level to 'Page Width', which is what I believe you are seeing. You can zoom in using the +/- button on the toolbar or go to View-> Zoom-> and then choose another setting.

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replied on February 22, 2023

Thank you! I think you're on to something. None of the Zoom options display the document well but I am realizing that it's due to the original size of 36x24. I tried using Laserfiche Snapshot and selecting Shrink to Fit. That worked well, hopefully the Engineering team is supportive of this approach for retaining the document.

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replied on February 22, 2023

All of the display options should preserve the original aspect ratio. The "Fit to Width/Height/Window" options control how the desired zoom level should be determined, but once a zoom level is determined it should be applied to both the x and y direction in the same way, i.e. there shouldn't be any squishing. That's why I think the problem was introduced when the page was generated.

That's supported by your report that using Snapshot avoids the problem - Snapshot is an alternate method of generating image pages from the pdf, but in general the pages generated by the two methods should be largely similar. That there is a noticeable difference suggests the the first method didn't properly generate pages.

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replied on February 22, 2023

That makes a lot of sense. I reached out to CDI and asked them to submit a Support Ticket for us. Thank you for weighing in! 

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replied on February 22, 2023

It looks like something went wrong when pages were generated from the pdf. I would suggest opening a support case so we can take a closer look.

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