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2018 printing issues?


M. Anderson
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Ok, I tried to search for an answer... Well, search function is let's just say "WHACKY"...

 

I'm trying to print some part files I've drawn, and need to print them "TO SIZE" - yes, they will fit on a 8.5 x 11 sheet.

I am using MC2018, and this is probably the first time in 2018 I have had to do this.

Is the "scale" function broken or am I doing something wrong... It's been a while since I've done this?

 Everything seems to print "fit to paper"

Help is always welcome!

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2 hours ago, M. Anderson said:

Help is always welcome!

Last time I tried to do this printing actual size (according to printer) didn't do it for me, close but no Xmas turkey.

I ended up printing to size, measuring a couple of dimensions and then used the scaling factor at the printer (not in MC), to get exact scale prints. Depends a lot on the quality of your printer.

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ahaslam, your print page don't look like mine - I running Win7 you must be on Win10.

Yea, I know how to move the part around and such in the "window" and the mouse wheel function.

But I need "Actual Size" - that comes in the "Scaling" section where you set it to "1.0 : 1".

I have X6 (and found X8 also), installed and that was maybe the last time I had to do this - well X6 works like it should.

Enter - "1.0 : 1" in the scaling function box and that's what you get.

2018 not so much...

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23 minutes ago, nickbe10 said:

 

Last time I tried to do this printing actual size (according to printer) didn't do it for me, close but no Xmas turkey.

I ended up printing to size, measuring a couple of dimensions and then used the scaling factor at the printer (not in MC), to get exact scale prints. Depends a lot on the quality of your printer.

nickbe10,

yea, not going thru that... done that back YEARS ago in another software... but THANKS for the suggestion...

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