printing pdf border issues...

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printing pdf border issues...

hello. When attempting to print a pdf, and I chose "Scale Each Page To Fit Paper" option from the Print Preview window, the bottom of the page gets cut off (it's actually the left margin because I'm printing a horizontal image)

Yet, in the actual Print Preview, it shows that it is not cut off. It all fits on the page.

I originally thoughts that this was because in the Print Preview windown the orientation was set to the Vertical option, but if I change the Orientation to horizontal, then the right side of the page gets cut off instead of the left.

Shouldn't "Scale Each Page To Fit Paper" make it fit the paper?

My only resolution has been to uncheck the "Scale Each Page To Fit Paper" option, and manually scale down the page to 60%.

How can I resolve this?

thank you.

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 12:45 PM

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Answer 1

guitar guy Author

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Apr 18, 2012 1:04 PM in response to guitar guy

i should mention that the issue i have with having to scale down to 60%, other than it being one extra step which shouldn't be necessary, is that when its scaled down to 60%, i have huge margins on all 4 sides. That's a waste of space, and makes my image smaller than I want it, on paper.

When I use the "Scale Each Page To Fit Paper" option, 3 sides of the image fit on the paper just fine, and go almost to the edge, which uses more of the paper, of course allows me to not have to minimize the image as much. The problem is that the one side gets cut off, but not by much. Just a few milimeters. So it's either that, or have huge margins which look silly.

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Apr 18, 2012 2:31 PM in response to guitar guy

Hi Again,

Open an App like Text Edit that has a Page Setup under the File Menu, On Paper Size choose Manage Custom sizes, then choose either User Defined to make your own Margins, or choose your printer from the list. After doing that & entering, choose Save as Default at the Settings box.

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guitar guy Author

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Apr 18, 2012 12:45 PM in response to guitar guy

i'm using an hp deskjet 2050. Power PC G5 quad. Snow leopard.

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