L Print Size

[Patrizia Leones]

Thereare two main paper size standards in use today: the international and North American systems. The international system, known as the ISO 216 standard, is globally recognized, but it is different from the size paper most commonly used in the United States and Canada, which use the North American system.

I just bought the Pixma ix6820 and I'm trying to print a custom size (7x10). I update the size in my print drivers AND each time I click print in my photoshop softward (GIMP) but it continues to switch back to letter size 8.5x11 as soon as I click the final "print" button and that's how it prints out... so obviously my photo is not lined up and cut off on the side because the printer thinks it has 8.5x11 size paper. Anyone know how to solve this issue?

To troubleshoot, I recommend printing your image with a different program. For example, if you have a Mac computer, you can use the Preview program to print your image. If you have a Windows computer, try using a program like Paint, Photos, or Wordpad.

I'm printing a 8x20 inch brochure from Adobe InDesign that requires me to use a custom sized paper (13x25). I created a custom paper size in the page set up dialogue box and used that for printing. After applying the custom paper size, it shows on InDesign as if everything is working properly. I have the document set to print at 100% size (No scaling). However, when I press print, it prints very small with no margins (starts printing from the edge of paper) even though I had the document centered for printing. Additionally, there are black, rough ink marks on the top and bottom of the document as if the printer thought that the page ended there.

All my drivers and firmware are up to date. I have also tried printing the document on other programs like Preview but I still get the same result. It is also worth mentioning that the printer works flawlessly when printing on any standard sized papers. The problem only occurs when trying to print on custom sized paper. I don't know what to do. Is there a solution to this issue yet?

My architectural printer has roll paper over various width. If I want want to create a PDF, presumably, I need to create a custom page size of the desired roll width and a length large enough for the document to be printed.

I was planning on using my last-resort method of just going into the printer settings in the slicer and manually changing the max print size to allow this part that should fit on the print bed anyways. However, even when I increase the max print size the max outer bounds do not change on one of the axes. It changes on the X axis, but not the Y.

Anyone have any ideas? I have included my .stl file for the part (make sure to scale it up 2540% for the correct size, it took the inch values from Creo and turned them into mm) and a picture of what I described in the previous paragraph. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help with this!

I ran into the same issue on my Ender - 3 Pro, trying to print :2869973 which is 200mm in diameter. I looked at some settings and then it occurred to me that I had "skirt" enabled under build plate adhesion. I switched it to none and suddenly, I get the use of all 220mm x 220mm of build space. I hope this helps.

did you ever get this sorted? All the build volume affecting settings seem to be zeroed, but I'm still only able to make a 235x214mm object, 214mm Y dimension stays even if I set the build plate dimensions to 10x the size...

I looked at some settings and then it occurred to me that I had "skirt" enabled under build plate adhesion. I switched it to none and suddenly, I get the use of all 220mm x 220mm of build space. I hope this helps.

I know it is an old topic, but can anyone confirm that I actually can print to other target sizes than DINA4 & Letter? I am trying to print to a label printer (2.5 x 3.5 inch) without any success and the official documentation sounds like only DINA4 / Letter size printing is supported.

Thanks a lot

My question is not just out of curiosity. Because on some of my students Macs, the View>Print size setting does not give accurate display after proper ppi setting in preferences, but View>Actual size does.

Sorry to bump an old thread and thanks for the info. Where does "acutal" size get the monitor resolution and physical size information? I set my Screen Resolution based on dividing my display's horizontal pixels by the measured width and now it is spot on when I use Print Size. Actual Size is a couple percent too small though. Kind of an esoteric question, I guess, since Print Size works perfectly well, but I am curious where PS gets the pixels/inch number from and why it's wrong. Thanks!

Yes, that is how I got my setting for screen resolution, as I said. I measured, did the math, and entered the numbers. The print size zoom is now correct. My question was why isn't the "actual size" function also correct? The two should be the same when screen resolution is correctly set, no?

It's not for me. I've got two different 8x10 images open on my screen. When I set zoom to print size, it goes to 36.33% and exactly matches a ruler held up to the screen. But when I use the actual size zoom, it goes to 36% and is noticeably smaller than the ruler. I'm on a Windows system, which I'm sure is somehow at the root of the problem, but nevertheless, "Actual Size" isn't actually actual size. "Print Size" is correct, after I set the screen resolution based on measuring the actual screen.

It's not for me. I've got two different 8x10 images open on my screen. When I set zoom to print size, it goes to 36.33% and exactly matches a ruler held up to the screen. But when I use the actual size zoom, it goes to 36% and is noticeably smaller than the ruler.

This sets it up for New Documents in Photoshop, but if you open a document from the web, it may well be 72 ppi (Old 1984 Mac screen resolution) in the Print Resolution field and not the typical offset press 300 ppi.

Now the 114 screen resolution will make sure the onscreen inches on my laptop match physical inches as in a ruler. It has no effect on the document print ppi setting. Actual Size and Print Size should be the same zoom level. You may have to switch between the two to get them to match up.

They're just not the same for me. My "Actual Size" zoom is noticeably smaller than reality. When I hold a ruler up to the ruler in PS, after zooming to "Actual Size" the on-screen ruler is off by a percent or so. When I zoom to "Print Size", after correctly setting my screen resolution, the on-screen ruler exactly matches a physical ruler held up to it. No amount of switching zoom levels changes that.

The two options produce identical size/results for me. IF you want the size on-screen to match the document, and you've provided the correct screen resolution as outlined, that's what you get with Print Size (and for me, Actual Size). It works for you too if you use Print Size so, use that.

I will totally use Print Size and be happy with it. I was just curious where PS got its information from for the Actual Size calculation. I'm guessing there is something the operating system (Windows 10) is relaying to PS about the monitor that is incorrect. While I can absoutely use Print Size and be happy with it, my unquenchable desire to understand and fix things drives me to want to know how Actual Size works, that's all.

Mine behaves pretty much the same as your Windows machine, except mine seems to be using 108ppi in Actual Size, when the correct value, and what I entered in settings, of 109ppi. So it doesn't appear to be a fixed 100ppi, but rather a variable number that is just off. I added my report to your thread. Not holding my breath for it to be addressed though.

My manual measurement must be correct, since when I enter my calculated value in the Units & Rulers settings page, my "Print Size" zoom level produces exact results, whether by measuring the image or comparing the displayed ruler to a physical ruler. My calculated correct value, that I used in Units & Rulers, is 109ppi.

Your script returns a value of 120. That is not even close to accurate - if I was to enter that value into Units & Rulers, the images would be very oversize when viewed at Print Size zoom level. The "Actual Size" zoom level in PS produces an image that is too small by about a percent, which I can reproduce by setting the ppi in Units & Rulers to 108, so I believe that is what Windows is somehow feeding PS, not the 120 reported by your script. 120ppi does happen to be 96ppi x 125% though, and given that my Windows scaling is set to 125%, that probably isn't a coincidence.

No, actually. I'm not a regular ID user, so I had to go check it, but opening a blank document and zooming to Actual Size yields an on-screen ruler that is off by around 10%. 9.2" on the on-screen ruler equals about 10" on a real tape measure.

InDesign, in the settings for UI Scaling specifically says that ID doesn't support the 125% OS scaling level though, and will round up or down, according to the user's selection, to 100% or 150%, so I think that error is to be expected, since I do use a 125% OS scaling level.

I haven't, no. It's too small to use on my monitors, so it never crossed my mind to try it. The experiment might yield some data, I suppose, but I can't keep it that way. I'll try it if I can find some spare time.

When I print an image it doesn't print the real size. I have resized the image and it always prints the same size taking up most of the page. I have tried 8"x8" and 5"x5" but it always prints 8.25"x8.25". I have tried with and without the option "Fit picture to frame", and I checked all the other advanced printer options but there is nothing else that applies. I also tried saving the picture with different sizes, and resizing it by different ways. I have an HP Photosmart D110 printer and it works great usually.

1. Resize your image to the size you would like it to be. ex: 5cm x 5cm. Do that either by selecting it with the box selection tool and dragging a corner while holding shift to shrink it, or some other overcomplicated method with resizing your canvas.

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