Printing in wrong size

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July 26, 2025
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Hi, I'm trying to print a document on a4 paper and my adobe photoshop file is a4, and I need it to be excatly the same size as it is on the computer, but when I press print it's way to big. I did some research and it's pretty unclear but it might have something to do with pixels or resolution?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

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Correct answer creative explorer

@isaac_1753 I would also check to see if your printer paper tray size has A4 paper in it. For example, I am in Canada, and the paper size for us is letter size at 8.5" x 11" (portrait mode) while an A4 size is 8.27" by 11.69" — if anyone sends this to an office printer, or personal printer, and sent the A4 to the printer, it won't print, bcause the printer doesn't have the correct paper. Secondly, verify your document's resolution is appropriate for print (e.g., 300 PPI). And make sure "Scale to Fit Media" is unchecked, and the print scale is 100%. Select "A4" as the paper size. Also, disable any "fit to page" scaling. Load actual A4 paper into your printer. Hopefully, you should be able to get your A4 Photoshop file to print at its exact intended size.

creative explorer

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@isaac_1753 I would also check to see if your printer paper tray size has A4 paper in it. For example, I am in Canada, and the paper size for us is letter size at 8.5" x 11" (portrait mode) while an A4 size is 8.27" by 11.69" — if anyone sends this to an office printer, or personal printer, and sent the A4 to the printer, it won't print, bcause the printer doesn't have the correct paper. Secondly, verify your document's resolution is appropriate for print (e.g., 300 PPI). And make sure "Scale to Fit Media" is unchecked, and the print scale is 100%. Select "A4" as the paper size. Also, disable any "fit to page" scaling. Load actual A4 paper into your printer. Hopefully, you should be able to get your A4 Photoshop file to print at its exact intended size.

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Thank you so much, I fiddled around with these and I found 300PPI is the correct resolution, and I have correct a4 paper, but instead of uncheking "Scale to fit media" (it wasn't checked), I checked it, and suddenly it looks excatly right.

Thanks a lot for your help

NB, colourmanagement

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@isaac_1753 I'm pleased you got it working OK now, but it's useful to be aware that most printers impose some kind of margin - not least at the end of the print and the paper handling rollers need to hold the last bit of the paper.

I hope this helps

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