Help! PDF Printing is outside paper margin

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Help! PDF Printing is outside paper margin

I am not sure what I did, but in the last 2 weeks every time I printed any PDF files, my iMac printed them shifted to the right. In other words, the document is shifted to the right and about .5 inch of the document is outside the paper margin.

I looked at every printing setting, but I could not figure out what I did.
Help!

Thanks!

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Feb 3, 2009 6:03 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 3, 2009 6:25 PM in response to imac_maniac

Some questions:

What are you printing from, Preview or Adobe Reader?
Are you using the proper paper size, and if you are using Adobe Reader, did you choose your printer in Page Setup?
Are you printing full-sized, or shrink-to-fit? Is it centered?

If you have all of these things correct, have you tried resetting the printing system and adding your printer back in?

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Answer 2

imac_maniac Author

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Feb 3, 2009 6:49 PM in response to Bruce De Benedictis

I was printing from a browser, preview, or Adobe Reader. I tried everyone of them.
I have correct paper size and chose the correct printer.

It was working fine before until about 2 weeks ago.

How do I reset printing system? I rebooted the computer and problem persists 😟

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Answer 3

imac_maniac Author

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Feb 3, 2009 8:23 PM in response to imac_maniac

After messing around with printer setting, I accidently fixed it.
I am still not sure what caused the problem.

Thanks all!

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Answer 4

chipmanr

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Feb 27, 2009 8:34 PM in response to imac_maniac

I am having the same problem, so I'd like to know how you fixed yours. Whenever I print a pdf, the image is shifted so that the bottom .25" and right .25" of the page are outside of the print area. I'v tried shrinking a few percent but it seems to shrink the top left and still keeps the image off page on the bottom right. I've tried both scale-to-fit-page and not. This happens in Preview. If I open the file in Acrobat, I can usually figure a way to get it within the margins. My printer is an HP PSC1610.

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