Prints from downloads on MacBook Air are smaller than usual

When I print something from downloads, it comes out in teeny tiny print


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Dec 10, 2024 10:45 AM

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Dec 10, 2024 2:12 PM in response to meyema


Perhaps consider how the file is saved, its size

and what's to become of that before you print?


While not new to making prints, using fonts, &

other bits of information, there are key ways to

find directions, that should be easier to share.


I've used pen & ink, paint & canvas, chemical

photography, with now antique tools; and etc.

To 'search' could be easier; I've tons of stuff

in how-to-books; but that's not a daily priority.


Your native macOS has Preview, that is useful

within limits, and may scale images to print on

larger proportional size; but I'm too busy offline.


Convert image file types using Preview on Mac - Apple Support

Annotate an image in Preview on Mac - Apple Support


Preview - User Guide for Mac (Table of Contents) Apple Support

//support.apple.com/guide/preview/toc/11.0


https://duckduckgo.com/?q=save+images+as+printable+file+types+sizes+with+software+for+macOS&t=ftsa&ia=web


That's a rough start and one longish URL too!

Seems like there are various types of software

and file types that come from saving that stuff.


How to Export Photos as a Different File Format on a Mac - MUO

The Fastest Ways to Resize and Convert Images on Mac - How-To Geek

Print your own photos on Mac - Apple Support


Some are huge files, and take up lots of storage

with names like .TIFF, among historic legends?

Items that may not actually be printed nearby.


Various software offers flexibility, some free like

operating systems may include. Others will cost.

Graphic Converter12, offers a free test-trial

limited version. iFirst used in G4 Power Mac.


Even some 'office-like' multi-purpose software

may do OK; to edit and print images. LibreOffice

has download build version for Apple Silicon too.


I've used some that do much more; some, free.

ToyViewer for Mac a toolkit application, free app.


I've used it now, a decade; it has some quirks.

May not be optimized for M1+ Silicon Apple.


About the Rosetta Translation Environment

|| Apple Developer Documentation [Toyviewer?]

Might work with Rosetta 2, however slower build

may take longer path; than more efficient build.


Could find Rosetta version in your App store, to

use within a non-developer situation(?)

Instructions for Rosetta are well worth reading.

This should allow for conditional software too.


Anyway, I've decades of Apple use; some w/ early

pre-Macintosh; just like pre-electric typewriters!😸


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