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Anonymous
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Dan you have a pm.
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gerd
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hi Cole_Construction,

first i would recommend the way, djordje described: more fun (with the bottles) and less brain usage necessary 😉

another way (in my opinion the best) is to use plt files. I dont know, if the printer you mentioned, is able to plot plt files, but most profecional plotters are.
the plot files are created with plotmaker and then only be sent to the plotter (no driver program or plotmaker or cad program is necessary). to send it to the plotter you can use command line or (easier) plotflow or another simple tool like this.
the advantage of plot files is their small size and the full scale print out.

But if you want to use pdf, you can also get a full scale print out:
- make sure, that the size of paper is same size or bigger than the size used in the pdf
- in printing settings you can see the scale: if it is not 100%, but near, change the setting "fit to papersize" to "no scaling" (or how it is called...)

best regards, gerd
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Sorry about the dumb question
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Cole_Construction wrote:
I must be stupid guys, because I still cant get the setting to work. It will print everything onto a legal size paper but it is tiny.
Cole,
Don't know if it will help but here's a screen shot of how I have all my print settings.

Dan K
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Guys-

sounds like Cole is plotting to a printer instead of printing. Is he using PlotMaker or Archicad? if Archicad, sounds like he is printing the entire doc, not the screen view (to a scale) which would result in a tiny image, especially if there are artifacts floating beyond the "title block".
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Looking for info.
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Cole-

wasn't meaning to be funny-- I understand your frustrations. My setting in PlotMaker, for a D sized sheet, are, in "Option" in print dialogue, 50% and "use matging of device". Don't set the "page steup" option to 50%-- do that in the PlotMaker Options.
Anonymous
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I want to thank everyone for holding my hand.


I am sure I will have more questions.