unable to print my project in the correct dimensions.

[Costorella]

I just have to print a 15cm by 8cm rectangle on an A4 sheet. I have the right dimensions but despite everything when printing the rectangle is at least 6mm smaller everywhere. I tried several settings with or without margins but nothing works.

To avoid going around in circles, I have enough knowledge in the field of printing but I admit that I am stuck.

thx for help

Edited November 10, 2024 by Costorella

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Costorella.

Could this be caused by your bleed settings? As you may know, 3 mm all around is a standard bleed amount, and that would account for a discrepancy of 6 mm for each dimension.

[Costorella]

I do this when I create a new document. Do I have to press the chain icon? I read that this whole operation must be done when creating the document because then you can't modify it.

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[Costorella]

[Costorella]

So, I exported my work to Photopea (for example) and from there when I print the dimensions are perfectly respected. In Designer 2 I created a new A4 press ready document or the normal one I just created a 5cm by 5cm square and when printed the square is 4.8cm by 4.8 ... I find that designer is very complicated on this point.

[PaulEC]

I think the problem is more likely to do with the print settings, in particular with scaling, rather than your document set up. Check that you are printing at 100%, not with anything like "fit to paper".

[carl123]

2 hours ago, Costorella said:

So, I exported my work to Photopea (for example) and from there when I print the dimensions are perfectly respected. In Designer 2 I created a new A4 press ready document or the normal one I just created a 5cm by 5cm square and when printed the square is 4.8cm by 4.8 ... I find that designer is very complicated on this point.

Please attach and upload that Affinity document to the forum so we can test it

[Costorella]

Try this square because i delete my project accidentelly … but I have a png image from the beginning of my project with the correct dimensions. total height 141mm and width 84mm.

square 5X5cm.aftemplate

[carl123]

I'm seeing similar oddities...

A 5x5cm square prints as 4.8x4.8cm

Likewise, a 10x10cm square prints as 9.6x9.6cm

I don't use affinity for print work so not sure what's happening, maybe someone else can explain it

 

[stokerg]

Hi @Costorella,

Thanks for reporting this.

We do have an issue logged with the Developers and printing from the iPad version of Affinity where the printed object can be too small or in some cases too large.  So this will be what you are encountering.  

I've updated the bug report and left a link back to this thread so the Affinity Info bot can update here when its been resolved.  For a workaround you can export to PDF and print from your PDF viewer and it should print at the correct size.