Printers and A4 size
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Printers and A4 size
This might be a silly question, but I've heard that they don't use A4 size here. I'm getting pdfs in A4 - will there be any issues printing these on the Canadian non-A4 paper? It's quite important that everything remains as is, especially the margins.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1006158
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Re: Printers and A4 size
We use letter size, 8.5 x 11. You can set the pdf and printer to scale the printout to letter or get the sender to set their pdf print to letter size which would likely retain full integrity of the document and be a huge amount easier.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1006158
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1006158
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Re: Printers and A4 size
Every time someone sends me an A4 document and I print it out without thinking, I have to walk to the printer and remember which magic combination of buttons tell it to print out A4 on letter-sized paper. Often I press a button wrong and it comes out at whatever the local variant of A3 is instead.
This is such a common problem you'd think that printer manufacturers would have figured it out years ago. But I guess they'd sell less toner if we didn't have to print it multiple times to get the right output.
This is such a common problem you'd think that printer manufacturers would have figured it out years ago. But I guess they'd sell less toner if we didn't have to print it multiple times to get the right output.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
Every time someone sends me an A4 document and I print it out without thinking, I have to walk to the printer and remember which magic combination of buttons tell it to print out A4 on letter-sized paper. Often I press a button wrong and it comes out at whatever the local variant of A3 is instead.
This is such a common problem you'd think that printer manufacturers would have figured it out years ago. But I guess they'd sell less toner if we didn't have to print it multiple times to get the right output.
This is such a common problem you'd think that printer manufacturers would have figured it out years ago. But I guess they'd sell less toner if we didn't have to print it multiple times to get the right output.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
When you choose print in Adobe Acrobat choose "Fit" in the "Paper Size and File Handling" The document will be shrunk to fit an 8.5x11 page.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
If you want your documents actual size for A3 (11.7" x 16.5") then you need a printer capable of handling 12" x 18" paper.
Then you will be able to print A3 sized documents on 12" x 18" paper actual size.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
OK, thanks. That's what I thought.
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But why are you measuring lines on a paper copy anyway? Why not take measurements from screen using the measuring tools built into Acrobat Pro X or whatever it's called today? Far easier and more accurate, I'd have thought, than scaling with a ruler on a printed copy.
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But why are you measuring lines on a paper copy anyway? Why not take measurements from screen using the measuring tools built into Acrobat Pro X or whatever it's called today? Far easier and more accurate, I'd have thought, than scaling with a ruler on a printed copy.
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Re: Printers and A4 size
You can buy A4 paper from Staples. You might have to order it online as I have not seen it in the stores.