Scaling the Printing to Fit the Paper Size (Fit-to-Page) (macOS)
Article ID: ART170132
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Date published: 04/30/2018
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Date last updated: 11/01/2022
Description
This article explains how you can scale the printed document or image to the page size that you are printing on from a macOS computer.
Solution
Scaling the Printing to Fit the Paper Size (Fit-to-Page)
The procedure for printing a document that is automatically enlarged or reduced to fit the page size to be used is as follows:
Check that the Paper Size in the Print Dialog is the same as the paper size that you set in the application software.
Select Paper Handling from the pop-up menu.
If you are using macOS® 13, select the arrow next to Paper Handling in the Print dialog.
Check the Scale to fit paper size check box. (In macOS 13, toggle this option on). Then from the Destination Paper Size pop-up menu, select the paper size that is actually loaded in the printer.
If necessary, check the Scale down only check box (In macOS 13, toggle this option on).
When you toggle this option, the document will be reduced to fit to the paper size when the document size is larger than the page size.The document will be printed in the original size when the document size is smaller than the page size.
Click Print.
When you begin printing, the document will be enlarged or reduced to fit to the page size.
If you are using macOS® 13, select the arrow next to Paper Handling in the Print dialog.