how to print pdf on a legal sized paper

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how to print pdf on a legal sized paper

I can't seem to print pdf files on legal sized paper properly. They always shrink it down. I have tried going to "paper handling" and clicking "scale to fit paper size" to US Legal.

On Copies and Pages I have to click "Fit to Printable Area" otherwise the document gets cut because the printable area is only 8 x 11.

I guess what I'm trying to say is how do I increase the printable area?

macbook core 2 duo, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jan 19, 2009 10:16 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Jan 20, 2009 10:58 PM in response to amanyeah

Let's see if I can remember now, since I'm on Leopard right now...

In Preview>File menu>Page Setup, choose Legal or make a custom Page size 8*14, then insteadof "Fit to Page select Legal above that.

Then some Printer Drivers insist on another setting in various places like Printer or Printer Options.

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Jan 20, 2009 10:26 AM in response to amanyeah

Hi amanyeah,

Is it Legal size to start with?

If it is not, then you'll need to Save as..., like a tiff or jpeg & resize it to 8.5"*14" in say GraphicConverter...

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/263

Did you go to Page Setup and switch the Paper size to Legal?

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