PDF
Printing Tips________
Most
Paper Panache PDF patterns have an "inch mark" graphic somewhere
on its pattern pages. The idea is to measure this mark after printing to
make sure the 1" mark is actually 1" in both directions. Then you'll
know that the pattern conforms to all the measurements given in the directions.
To get correct size of patterns
when printing pdfs:
In ACROBAT READER 4.0 print
menu, uncheck all boxes at top right.
(A checkmark next to "Print as image" also seems to be okay.
Definitely DO NOT use"fit to page.")
In ACROBAT READER 7.0 print
menu, make sure Page Scaling is set to "None."
I've done what I can, and my inch mark is still a little
too small!:
The answer seems to be: use better print quality, NOT
DRAFT.
As far as I have been able to determine, getting a
reduced inch mark has to do with the combination of your operating system,
the version of Acrobat Reader you're using, and the printer driver that works
between the two. For instance, I have one printer connected to two different
computers, one running Windows 98 and one running XP. Depending on which computer
I am using, my print quality choices are slightly different in the printer's print
menu. I normally print in draft, but in 98 this seems to result in smaller
inch mark. HOWEVER, I found that if I use the better default print quality
(NOT DRAFT) , the inch mark is correct. Thankfully, on the XP, I get a proper
inch mark even when I use draft.
If all else fails: For some patterns like standalone
mystery blocks, it won't matter in the scheme of things if the inch mark is
uniformly small (the same size in both directions). Just remember that any
printed measurements given will be different.
If you can't get a full inch mark, your choices are
to make the block at whatever size you get it to print at, to try a different
printer, or get someone else to print the pattern out for you.
The (right / bottom) edges of pattern aren't printing!: I'm thinking
you have one of those checkboxes selected...then again, this may also be an
individual printer problem. I do tend to use smaller margins because
I want to save pages and printing. I always test the pdf before I upload
it, so I know it is a working pattern here.
Help! Reader is installed but I can't open / see / print a
PDF pattern!
Printing online .gif patterns gives me a blank page!
