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July 15, 2026
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Prints from Lightroom Classic are printing too small

  • July 15, 2026
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I am trying to make a print to fit the dimensions of a mat I have already cut. In Page Setup I set the paper for 13 x 19 Landscape, and set the Cell Size in Print module at 9.3 x 13.32, which is slightly larger than the mat opening. However the finished print measures slightly under 9 x 13. 

I am printing to an Epson ET-8550 printer. I have been printing lots of 7.5” x 10” prints on 8.5 x 11 paper and they come out the exact dimension as expected.

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    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 24, 2026

    Hi ​@rbatey,

    Thanks for reaching out. A few questions that will help narrow this down:

    • In the Print Job panel, are you printing at 100% scale, or is Scale to Fit (or any other scaling option) enabled?
    • In the Epson printer driver, is Borderless enabled, or are you printing with standard margins? Also, are any options such as Fit to Page, Reduce/Enlarge, or other scaling settings enabled in the printer driver?
    • Does this only happen when printing on 13 × 19 paper, or do you see the same behavior with other paper sizes?

    Could you also share a screenshot of:

    • The Lightroom Print module (Layout panel and Print Job panel).
    • The Epson print driver settings before you print.

    That will help determine whether the scaling is occurring in Lightroom or in the printer driver.


    Best,
    Anshul Saini

    rbateyAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2026

    Hi thanks for the reply, I’m just now getting back to this but still struggling. I tried printing from a different image today and got a similar result. I setup the printer to print a 11”x18” image on 13”x19” Epson Velvet Fine Art (beautiful paper btw) but the actual print comes out about 17.5”.

    I can’t find anywhere that I may have applied any scaling. I’ll attach the screen shots you requested in case you may see something I am missing. It seems to be only this paper size, since I’ve been printing miniature zines on 8.5”x11” and they have ben very exact.