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January 21, 2023
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Printing Problem in Photoshop

  • January 21, 2023
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I have been able to print photo's just fine in Photoshop until recently when no matter how often I check my print settings the images are printed offset of center. I typically click scale to media . Any ideas? I've attached a couple images so you can see what I mean. Thanks.

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Jumpenjax
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 23, 2023

when you go to print, under position and size is centered clicked?

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer
Conrad_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 22, 2023
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I have been able to print photo's just fine in Photoshop until recently when no matter how often I check my print settings the images are printed offset of center. I typically click scale to media . Any ideas?

By @zioneye

 

Scale to Fit Media does what it says, but…it fits the image within the margins specified in the printer driver. These margins should be visible in the large print preview to the left of the Photoshop Print Settings dialog box. In the print preview, the margins are marked by diagonal lines at the edge of the paper. On your computer, do the margin previews appear uniform, or non-uniform as in the prints you showed?

 

If the margin preview is non-uniform, in Print Settings check that both the selected printer and the selected paper size are both correct. The margins you see in the print preview are not set by Photoshop, but are handed to Photoshop by the printer driver, which usually gets them from the selected paper size.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 21, 2023

@zioneye 

Since this is recent, try resetting the print dialog by holding down the Spacebar and then choosing Print. If that fails, try the troubleshooting here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-printing-problems.html

 

Jane

 

Mylenium
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January 21, 2023

That's entirely up to your printer and this very much like "borderless printing" in bidirectional mode where the printer leaves extra margin to grab the sheet for going back and forth. Not really anything to do with PS. You need to check the printer driver and/ or the printer's internal menu settings.

 

Mylenium