set smaller Font size for printing
My font is too large when printing from Safari using iMac Mojave
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chris_g1
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Hello Steve7212,
After reviewing your post, it sounds like the font is too large when you print from Safari. You may be able to change the scale when you print.
"Reduce or enlarge a printed document
You can specify a percentage of a document’s original size to reduce or enlarge the printed document.
- With a document open on your Mac, do one of the following:
- Choose File > Page Setup. Click the Settings pop-up menu and choose Page Attributes, click the Format For pop-up menu and choose Any Printer. This sets the document’s scale for all documents you print from this app.
- If Page Setup is not available, choose File > Print. If you see a Show Details button, click it to show all available options.
- Type a percentage in the Scale box.
- If you want the document to print larger than the original size, enter a value greater than 100.
- To print the document smaller than its original size, enter a value less than 100.
If you scale a document, it’s a good idea to preview the document before you print it. See Print documents from your Mac.
Scale a document to fit your printer’s paper
You can scale a document to fit the paper in your printer. For example, if you have an A4 document, you can scale it to fit on 8.5-by-11-inch paper.
- With a document open on your Mac, choose File > Print.
- If you see a Show Details button, click it.
- Click the print options pop-up menu (within the separator bar), then choose Paper Handling.
- Select “Scale to fit paper size,” click the Destination Paper Size pop-up menu, then choose your printer’s paper size.
- If you want to scale the document only because it’s too big for the printer’s paper, select “Scale down only.” (If this option is selected but the document isn’t too big for the paper you have, the document is printed at its original size.)"
Choose advanced print settings on Mac
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