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printing - please help

Aug 2, 2012 10:04 AM

Tags: #illustrator #help #printing

I am trying to print to my HP printer 4 pages sized 4.25 x 5.5 on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.  I am trying to make notepad paper and want each 4.25x5.5 to match up so when they are stacked on top of one another everything looks right.  I am trying to make a border bleed at the top of each page.  I have been trying to print the same design but when I print it does not match up.  I have selected borderless paper and still does not print right.

 

I appreciate your help - I have wasted so much ink and paper trying to figure this out!

 

608 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: tromboniator, Aug 4, 2012 8:07 AM
 
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  • tromboniator
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    1. tromboniator,
    Aug 2, 2012 11:12 AM   in reply to cristinamarie90
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    My old HP printer gives the results I need in borderless printing if in the print dialog I tell it to scale to 97.7%, established by experiment. To avoid wasting so much ink, make test prints of a document that's just a simple line around the perimeter, determine a setting that works for you, and apply that to your design document.

     
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  • Larry G. Schneider
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    2. Larry G. Schneider,
    Aug 2, 2012 11:23 AM   in reply to cristinamarie90
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    Is this the way to you have your page set up? The bleed (red outlined area) must be on the outside of the page.

     

    Screen shot 2012-08-02 at 11.20.54 AM.png

     
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    3. cristinamarie90,
    Aug 2, 2012 2:03 PM   in reply to tromboniator
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    Thank you so much, I am going to scale it to 97.7% and see if that works!!

     
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    4. cristinamarie90,
    Aug 2, 2012 2:08 PM   in reply to Larry G. Schneider
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    Yes! That is exactly what I am trying to do! What do I set the trim mark to in the print dialog box?  I have set it up like your example and tried to print but it does not print right.

     
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    5. Larry G. Schneider,
    Aug 2, 2012 2:26 PM   in reply to cristinamarie90
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    Does your printer allow borderless printing?

     
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    6. cristinamarie90,
    Aug 2, 2012 2:35 PM   in reply to Larry G. Schneider
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    Yes, and I have tried to print using that setting and still have no luck.

     
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    7. Larry G. Schneider,
    Aug 2, 2012 2:41 PM   in reply to cristinamarie90
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    The way most printers which allow borderless printing work is to expand the work slightly to compensate for shift and make sure it has something to print at the edges of the page. Peter was suggesting to print a a slightly reduced size so that when the automatic enlargement kicks in it will be enlarged to exactly the original size.

     
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    8. cristinamarie90,
    Aug 4, 2012 6:23 AM   in reply to tromboniator
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    Thank you so much!

     

    I scaled the document to 97.7% and so far everything is printing right!

     

    Again, thank you SO much :)

     
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    9. tromboniator,
    Aug 4, 2012 8:07 AM   in reply to cristinamarie90
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    You're welcome.

     
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