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baileel80513398
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March 3, 2024
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Measurements slightly out when printing document at actual size

  • March 3, 2024
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Hi team, 

 

I'm really hoping someone can help me! I'm printing a document that has to be to scale, as its a glass cutting template, so if its wrong my window will not fit.

 

My artboard measures 597mm x 534mm and I have measured this several times. My printer requires PDF so I have saved the work as pdf (by saving as jpeg and re-saving in photoshop - if there is a better way to do this please let me know). I re-checked the board size in photoshop and it was still correct. 

 

Then when I pick it up from the printer it comes out 604mm x 540mm. She is printing at 'Actual Size' which should mean it prints at the size of my document. 

 

Can anybody tell me where I am going wrong, or how to rectify to get the correct print? Note - I am not able to print myself, I only have access to a commercial printer, which means I cannot calibrate the printer. 

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Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 3, 2024

baileel,

 

Why go from vector artwork to a raster format?

 

You might consider just creating the artwork in AI, then Save a Copy As PDF and send that to the printer; or send the original artwork to her if she can use it straight away.

 

When going through a JPEG, I am afraid that you would be better served using pixels/points as the unit, and keeping whole numbers of pixels at all corners of the artwork as well as of the Artboard.

 

Failing that, I believe there will be some discrepancy, albeit less than the 6 - 7 mm you mention; unless caused by multiple things owing to the conversions.

 

 

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baileel80513398Author
Participant
March 3, 2024
Thank you for telling me how to save an AI as pdf - I could not work this
out! I've recently come back to AI after many years of not using it.

I don't think this will resolve my printing issue (because have measured
the raster file and its still the right size) but it will make my life
easier!!
Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 3, 2024

baileel,

 

Have yous (you and the printer) considered whether it could be a printer issue?

 

What happens if you copy the artwork to a new layer and reduce the size to one third, in other words 199 x 178, and centre it within an Artboard  that is A4 (or Letter) and print it on a small printer at actual size/100%, then measure it?

 

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