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Constantin370374664ara
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April 28, 2024
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Adobe PDF printer prints in wrong size

  • April 28, 2024
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Hello community,
I want to print a PDF document with the Adobe PDF printer in A5 size. I added A5 to the page sizes. In the preview everything seems to be correct, the page size shows up as 148mm x 210mm (which matches the original PDF size). The printed document however has a different size of 162mm x 229mm. See pictures below as reference.

That means of course that the text size and page borders are different from the original PDF.

What can I do to get the PDF printer to print in the correct size?

Thank you for your help!


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Correct answer Constantin370374664ara

Thank you again for your help!
And sorry I have not been able to response earlier.
I have not been able to replicate this bug. The documents are now being printed in the size which I set (and as it is shown in the print preview).


Regards,

Constantin

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Abambo
Abambo
Adobe Expert
April 28, 2024

I would like to see a dummy document (both, source and result) here. I've also created a Custom A5 page size, and with my print, the document gets the target size. (they are not centred, however, which I suppose is a bug.

 

My print dialogue, however, is as this:

(and my document is an A4 paper scan).

The document size is as expected:

 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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Constantin370374664araAuthorCorrect answer
New Participant
May 9, 2024

Thank you again for your help!
And sorry I have not been able to response earlier.
I have not been able to replicate this bug. The documents are now being printed in the size which I set (and as it is shown in the print preview).


Regards,

Constantin

try67
try67
Adobe Expert
April 28, 2024

Try selecting the "Actual Size" option in the print dialog, so the content doesn't get scaled up or down.

try67
try67
Adobe Expert
April 28, 2024

PS. A better way to scale your pages would be to use the Preflight tool.

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Constantin370374664araAuthor
New Participant
April 28, 2024

I actually don't want any scaling, I would be happy if the size would be kept as the original PDF.
I think the preflight tool is only available in the Pro version, I only have Acrobat standard.

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