Printer cuts off each end of drawing

[Philster]

I just bought an HP Officejetpro K8600. When ploting 13"X19" Super B the left and right end of the drawings won't print. Have tried adjusting the margins of the printable area. Previously used an Epson Stylus Photo 1280. Set up same margins as this printer and still will not work. Can anyone please help? Using Autocad 2008.

[olicanauk]

This is a difficult one to answer on a forum but if you go onto the page setup manager and select printer properties, highlight modify standard paper sizes (printable area), then select the right paper size and this will show you the printable area. Make sure what you are printing is not larger than this. You may have done this already but I hope it helps.

[foster8]

Hi

I'm trying to print an A3 scaled drawing at 1:1, the A3 frame size is 297mm x 420mm. The print cuts off part of the frame as if the frame is too large to fit on the A3 paper..any ideas how to reduce the printing margin, beside the answers above. The printable area margins are set to 0.

Cheers

[olicanauk]

What printer are you using?

[foster8]

A Toshiba Studio 353 that can print A4 or A3, I notice when I plot to a A0 plotter in the print room the print seems OK.

 

Cheers

[olicanauk]

You definatley can't print that frame size onto an A3 sheet as it is the same size. The reason it prints on the plotter is because it is using larger paper. If you reduce your frame size by say 10mm on each side it will probably print. If you attached the printer driver I could tell you the printable area of that printer.

[foster8]

Yep you are right....AutoCAD bible says..'be aware that a plotter can not print on the entire sheet, a certain amount of the the margin around the edge is not available for drawings'. So as you correctly point out I will have to reduce the frame by a required amount..

 

Cheers