# Help & Manual 8 PDF output: Please do not use "screen" as reference device

**URL:** <https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/help-manual-8-pdf-output-please-do-not-use-screen-as-reference-device/7189>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 16, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/help-manual-8-pdf-output-please-do-not-use-screen-as-reference-device/7189 "2022-03-16T12:09:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![arthur\_hoornweg](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@arthur\_hoornweg](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/arthur_hoornweg)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/help-manual-8-pdf-output-please-do-not-use-screen-as-reference-device/7189/1 "2022-03-16T12:09:48Z")

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Hello Finalbuilder team,

when I use Finalbuilder 8 to create PDF manuals using the Help & Manual 8 action, the output looks very ugly, character placement is much more inaccurate than when I create the pdf manually in the Help&Manual IDE.

I have configured H&M so that it uses the “default printer” as a reference device for pdf output, but this setting appears to be ignored when the manual is created through Finalbuilder.

Kind regards,  
Arthur Hoornweg

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**Author:** ![arthur\_hoornweg](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@arthur\_hoornweg](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/arthur_hoornweg)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/help-manual-8-pdf-output-please-do-not-use-screen-as-reference-device/7189/2 "2022-03-16T14:09:18Z")

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Sorry, my bad! The Finalbuilder H&M action was calling an outdated H&M version 7 and not version 8.

The problem does not happen in Version 8 !