[LRUG] How to print a PDF at 100%?

[Ben Reyes]

Hey Andy,

If you are trying to print an A4 bit of paper you need to make sure you use
a borderless printer otherwise it'll scale the full A4 PDF down a little.

http://cl.ly/3w2B3v303v2x3A3Z0r0G as even with selecting 'Fill Entire Page'
it's still scaled to 94% as seen above that.

Try selecting A4 borderless in the paper size settings
http://cl.ly/1u3H25001Z1P063t2M2x that way as you can see it'll scale to
100% when you select 'Fill Entire Page' http://cl.ly/3M3X202M2G2o0W2s3W2z

If you don't have a borderless printer you can reduce the size of your PDF
document to the area printable by your printer (will have to look up
printer specs online) and create a custom paper size.

(I've had countless battles with this when I used to study graphic design)


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On 2 November 2011 09:25, Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com> wrote:

> Hola El Rug,
>
> This isn't a Ruby question but I'm sure somebody here will know the
> answer...
>
> I am generating PDFs programatically to print sticky labels.  When I view
> the PDFs on screen everything aligns correctly.  But when I print, the PDF
> always seems to be scaled or shifted off-centre vertically which scuppers
> my sticky labels.
>
> I have tried fiddling with the scale settings (in Preview on OS X), so far
> without joy.
>
> This must be possible -- can anybody please help?  I'll bung an Amazon
> voucher your way / get you something off your wishlist if you can solve
> this.
>
> I've put a test PDF up here: https://github.com/airblade/pdf-print
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andy Stewart
>
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