afdojo Posted August 9, 2021 Posted August 9, 2021 I'm trying to print a 12" x 18" image/document (with 0.5" margins) on 13" x 19" paper using Affinity Photo 1.10 (MacBook) to an Epson SC P600. The problem is the scale/size is all out of wack. The first uploaded image shows what actually printed. The printed part (lower left corner of paper) is 7.5" x 10" -- suggesting to me that Affinity Photo decided to print 8.5" x 11" paper with 0.5" margins. However, the three screen shots below show my Print settings: 1) the "Range & Scale" Paper Size is 13.00 by 19.00 inches and the Fit Type is Scale 100%. On the left, you can see what the print should look like. 2) the "Printer Settings" show the same Paper Size and again, what the print should look like. 3) the Document Resize panel showing the size 18.197" x 12". I'm sure that I'm doing something wrong and hoping that someone knows of a fix. Any suggestions on how to fix this or how to further diagnose the problem would be most appreciated. Doug Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS Sonoma v14.4.1 Nikon D7100 with 18-135mm zoom http://www.dojopico.org
Old Bruce Posted August 9, 2021 Posted August 9, 2021 29 minutes ago, afdojo said: I'm trying to print a 12" x 18" image/document (with 0.5" margins) on 13" x 19" paper using Affinity Photo 1.10 (MacBook) to an Epson SC P600. The problem is the scale/size is all out of wack. Is the size of the document 12 inches by 18 inches or is it 13 x 19 with a 12x 19 image centred on it? 12x18 does not scale proportionally to 13x19. This will be part of the problem. I am sorry in that I do not have the same OS or Printer as you. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
afdojo Posted August 10, 2021 Author Posted August 10, 2021 The size of the document is 12" x 18" (see Screen Shot #3). Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS Sonoma v14.4.1 Nikon D7100 with 18-135mm zoom http://www.dojopico.org
walt.farrell Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, afdojo said: The size of the document is 12" x 18" (see Screen Shot #3). Actually, 12 x 18 and a bit more. But even if it were exact, the scaling to 13 x 19 might give odd results. You might be better off making a 13x19 document and Placing your 12x18+ file onto it, centered as you want, and printing from that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
afdojo Posted August 18, 2021 Author Posted August 18, 2021 Well, good news and bad news. Good news is Affinity Photo now prints this image correctly. Bad news is that I have no idea why. I powered the printer off/on and stop/started WiFi (neither of which, of course, should have had any effect). For some strange reason, Affinity Photo decided it should print a 12" x 18" image in a 7.5" x 10" window/canvas even though the paper size was clearly set to 13" x 19" and the print preview (see left side panel in Print screen) looked perfect. Although 'user error' is still the most likely suspect, I've been printing with Affinity Photo for almost three years and (other than turning the printer & WiFi off/on) really didn't change anything so this weird glitch is quite a mystery. Thanks again to the always helpful @walt.farrelland @Old Bruce. Doug Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS Sonoma v14.4.1 Nikon D7100 with 18-135mm zoom http://www.dojopico.org
JimRead Posted July 10, 2022 Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Hello all, I'm using the trial version of AP and thought OMG this printer manager isn't very good. I only use cheapo A4 paper from a place in Alloa Scotland: https://www.svp.co.uk/ Pro-Jet 240gsm £8.99 for 100 sheets incl VAT So I resized the image without actually making it smaller on screen if you see what I mean instead of being 180dpi out of camera it altered to 25cm long side at 371dpi. Made a new doc at A4 and 371dpi size with 10mm margins and C&P'd the pic onto it centred it up. Flattened it and printed it with the default settings. My wife is a plants person and knows instantly whether the Begonia would be right or not, they were perfect, the best ones I'd ever printed she said. Pleased not 'arf 🙂 I'll be buying the program. Cheers - Jim Edited July 10, 2022 by JimRead Found who I bought the paper from Dan C 1 Quote
Furry Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 This thread is 15 months old but it is the only instance I can find on the internet of the self same problem that I am suffering. I am using Affinity Publisher version 1.10.5 (yes, I know v2 is out but I am stuck on an earlier operating system for now) and it is frustrating because I printed an A4 landscape page to my Canon ip8760 and it was fine. All I did was change the quality from "normal" to "fine" and suddenly it prints the page at 25% size in the bottom LH corner of the page. Puh-leese! Is there an explanation for this? 2019 iMac running 10.4.6 Mojave. Quote Main machine is 2024 24" iMac running Sequoia 15.2 with 8GB of RAM. Also have 2022 12" Macbook Air also running Sequoia 15.2, also with 8GB of RAM. On the side I have a 2019 27" iMac running Mojave 10.14.6 because that is the last OS that lets me run Adobe software without getting dragged into the subscription spiderweb.
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