Trying to print A1 file as 8 A4s, but it tiles as 144?

[teeter42]

Hi everyone!

I am perplexed and would be so grateful for some help (also, I am VERY new to illustrator)

I have searched forums and discussion boards and can't seem to find an answer.

I am trying to print an A1 file on A4 paper. That should be 8 A4 pieces of papers, however my computer

insists on printing it as 144!

I know that if I change the scaling I can make it print as 9 pages, but I need this to print as 8 because I  want to see

exactly what it will look like when I print on A1.

I have a feeling it has something to do with the media settings. My file is set as 300 for the resolution, but for some reason

the media setting under the image reads: 595.28 px X841.89px.

Here is scaling to 9 pages

I'm also concerned about printing this as A1 when it is time for the final printing because this is not going

so well.

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Jennifer

[Monika Gause]

why is the document unit set to pixels? this might cause some confusion.

[teeter42]

Hi Monika, Thanks for the quick response! The tutorial I watched said to set it in pixels so I just blindly followed it. Do you happen to know how I would change it to cm? I tried to do it in Document Setup, but instead, it just creates a new artboard. Grateful for any help!

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Right click on of the rulers to pull up the contectual menu there. Then set it to mm or inches, which is more suitable for printing.

And then let's see if that helps.

Can you try and View > Show print tiling to see what Illustrator shows in the document window?

[teeter42]

Monika! Thank you, that helped. After I did that, I could see what the size

was set to in mm, so then I went to document settings and changed the

artboard. After that to make the tiles 8 instead of 9, I turned the

orientation to horizontal. Such a silly mistake! THank you for your help on

such a boring question!

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Monika Gause <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Monika Gause]

You're welcome!