Scale A4 to A2 on print doesn't scale

[Ian Brockbank]

Affinity Publisher v2.5.7

I wanted to print out our Christmas letter double size for my father whose sight is failing, but the print scaling doesn't seem to work for this.

I set it to print Tiled, Scaled 200% (which should go from A4 to A2), but it seems to completely ignore the scaling.

If I set the paper to A2 (which is not what the printer has...), the preview shows the output, still A4, in the centre of the A2:

...and the printout only prints one sheet, with the top-left quarter in the bottom right corner of the page.

If I set it to A4 paper, it just shows the first page at normal size, and 3 empty pages:

How can I print my A4 document scaled to A2 (on an A4 printer) without actually changing the document itself?

 

Edited December 14, 2024 by Ian Brockbank
Forgot to add version number

[NathanC]

Hi @Ian Brockbank apologies for the late response,

This is an issue currently logged with the developers, using Scale % in combination with the tiled print model doesn't 'play' well, and in some situations can remove content when attempting to get it to fit. I've updated the existing issue and bumped it with your report. I believe that the document will need to be scaled outside of the print dialog to the desired dimensions first before using the tiled print model.