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Printing

When I try to print a document from my iMac it comes out in a smaller font (i.e. size 14 ends up looking like size 10)


The same document when sent to the printer from my iPhone comes out perfectly - have spoken to Apple and because my iMac it’s no longer supported they have suggested asking the Apple community for help please.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 3, 2020 5:11 PM

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Aug 3, 2020 8:27 PM in response to StuScorpioman

What App are you printing from?


Check Text Edit>Page setup, is scale 100% ?


Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US


In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup).

Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X

  1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
  2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
  3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
  4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."   
  5.  As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341

Reboot.

Printing

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