Why won't preview print the actual size of the photo?

Hi, Rusty--
Can you please elaborate? Exactly what happens when you try to print from Photoshop? Thanks.

Sorry, I guess I was asking about why you're printing through Preview. Does Preview automatically come up when you try to print? Anyway, It's either a scaling issue with Photoshop (in page setup) or in the print dialog box. Regardless, It's not a Mac issue per se. If all these appear correct to you, I suggest Adobe's Photoshop support. Here's a link to something that similar (even though it's for Acrobat).
Hope this helps!
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2893816

I can print out of Adobe Photoshop CS3, not sure why you can't...
The trick with Preview is to tab out of the Scale field after you enter the new value.
This tip from John Blanchard.



-mj

After entering the value, hit the "tab" button. That locks in the value. (Sorry. Rusty, for jumping in on that one!)

When in Page Setup either in the application or the printer dialog box, you can manually enter the scaling such as 25, 75, or 100 (percent). After entering that, you should hit the Tab button. That will "set" the value.

Rusty, you always get a preview before printing whether from Preview.app or from PS.

This is the dialogue I get printing from within PS....



and this is the one I get printing through preview...





I'm not sure what your issue is with printing from PS, perhaps try on the Adobe forums?



-mj

Yes, look under Preview > Preferences > Images and PDFs...
I still don't get why PS would do that... have you tried deleting your PS preferences?



-mj