David Entwistle Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I'm using AD 1.7.3, and cannot get objects to print at the size specified in the document. This happens even though I've checked that the page setup matches the printer page size. (It seems as though the print size is in some way related to the document's DPI setting, because the print size varies with different DPI values. I always thought that vector drawing packages were resolution-independent – in fact, that's the entire reason I use them.) You can see the effect in the attached screenshot. On the main screen you can see the size of the object in relation to the page. In the Print dialog, you can see how the object has been 'resized' in relation to the (same) page size. I suspect I'm doing something stupid, because I simply can't believe that a serious competitor to Adobe Illustrator is completely flouting WYSIWYG principles. Can someone please take a moment to tell me what's happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted February 5, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi David Entwistle, What DPI is the document setup as in the screenshot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Entwistle Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi stokerg Dcument setup is 96DPI. I've since found that if I set Fit Type (in the Print dialog) to Fit to Printable, the object prints pretty much at the expected size. But I'm still puzzled as to why a DPI setting should change the print size of a vector document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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