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printing in plotmaker

Anonymous
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i cannot make plotmaker print to scale no matter what i do. I am printing to a cp1700 on 11x17 paper and the printer will not pring to scale.what can i do. i have set the margins by importing from the printer and it still doesn't work. what can i do? the settings under printer options do not say to shrink it at all.
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Bruce
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Post a screen shot of your settings.
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jcude wrote:
i cannot make plotmaker print to scale no matter what i do. I am printing to a cp1700 on 11x17 paper and the printer will not pring to scale.what can i do. i have set the margins by importing from the printer and it still doesn't work. what can i do? the settings under printer options do not say to shrink it at all.
ensure that you're printing at 100%:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=8150&highlight=

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Anonymous
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it was the printer. the head was dragging and not moving far enough. thanx for the help. i purchased a new printer and it is all good.