After exporting a pdf from Publisher, how do I print the entire width of the document?

[bobdobbs]

I'm aware that this is more likely to be a printer / printer driver UI issue than a Publisher issue.
But I imagine that the experienced people here might be able to help.

In Publisher my document has a rectangle object that spans right across the width of the page.
The edge of the object is flush with the edge of the document.

The object is right at the bottom of the page, and is flush with the bottom of the document.

When I print directly from Publisher I get the desired result: the object is printed completely across the page, and is flush against the edges and bottom.

If I export to PDF and then print that PDF, margins are visible.
There are margins between the object and both the sides and bottom of the page.

How do I get the PDF printable to more closely resemble the document printed straight from Publisher?

 

[NotMyFault]

Hy, can you provide a test document (.afpublisher format) showing the issue, and screenshots of the export settings used to create the PDF?

Which OS/App do you use for printing?
 

What happens if you open the PDF in Publisher and print the PDF from Publisher?

[bobdobbs]

Hey @NotMyFault

I'm using Publisher on Mac.

Attached is the publisher file and the exported pdf.
Below are screenshots of the settings when I export to PDF.

If I open the exported pdf in Publisher, the document fairly closely resembles it's counterpart in Publisher.
In the imported pdf the object appears correctly: flush both with the page edges and bottom.

test.afpub test.pdf

[NotMyFault]

22 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Which OS/App do you use for printing?

Thanks for your reply. This leaves only one question open: which app used for PDF printing actually causes the issue? 
Probably the issue is not related to Affinity, but lies in the print settings of the other app.

[bobdobbs]

@NotMyFault

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which app used for PDF printing actually causes the issue?

I'm just using the tooling that my desktop mac provides for printing.

Within finder, if I double-click on the pdf file that publisher has exported, a pdf preview appears.
I think that this app is called 'preview'.

I then hit ctrl-p to print.
(I'm not using a mac standard keyboard)
This pops open mac's normal print dialogue.

 

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Probably the issue is not related to Affinity, but lies in the print settings of the other app.

Yes, I'm relatively certain that this is the case.
I think the solution is *somewhere* within the print settings dialogue.
But I haven't been able to find the right bit.
 

[Oufti]

24 minutes ago, bobdobbs said:

I'm just using the tooling that my desktop mac provides for printing.

Within finder, if I double-click on the pdf file that publisher has exported, a pdf preview appears.
I think that this app is called 'preview'.

As its name could suggest, Preview is not the best tool for using PDF (just OK for viewing…)

Try to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If your printer is able to print to the edge, it should do it then. 

[loukash]

9 hours ago, bobdobbs said:

This pops open mac's normal print dialogue.

Make sure you don't have any option like "Scale to fit" active. If your printer actually supports borderless printing, always select the Scale: 100% option.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[loukash]

2 minutes ago, lacerto said:

The preview window however often gives a realistic hint on whether borderless printing can be done or not.

The Preview.app print dialog should have access to the same printer features like the print dialog in Affinity. So if it's possible to print borderless and without scale-to-fit from Affinity, then it should be possible from Preview.app as well.

However, you may want to check if it needs a custom Paper Size preset, matching the actual paper size with 0 (zero) margin.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[loukash]

1 hour ago, lacerto said:

I meant the preview within Adobe Reader 

I thought so, but I was actually replying in the context of this:

13 hours ago, bobdobbs said:

Within finder, if I double-click on the pdf file that publisher has exported, a pdf preview appears.
I think that this app is called 'preview'.
I then hit ctrl-p to print.

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1 hour ago, lacerto said:

I have no experience of modern printers supporting borderless printing

Neither have I as a "laser printer enthusiast"…  

Perhaps @bobdobbs should let us know which exact printer are they printing to?

[lacerto]

Obsolete.