11x17 Printing on Hp Wide Format printer

Schematic
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Hello,
A very new user of KiCad and liking it very much - what little I’ve come to understand so far. Have encountered a pretty basic problem which am wondering if it is unique to my hardware/software or perhaps more generally a problem to others.

When I try to print a schematic drawing created with the 11x17 paper size (landscape) I loose both the left and right margins of the drawing. The loss includes the left and right drawing frames and any wire which happens to be really close to the drawing frame (edge of drawing). If I select a custom paper size of 11x16.5 (believe the system actually converts this to 11x16) then everything prints fine with adequate room on the left and right margins to have printed the full 11x17. Anyone else see this or any suggestions?

Win 7, 64 bit
HP OfficeJet 7110 series wide format printer (so far haven’t found anything in the print driver which might address the issue.)

Thanks!

Ray

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@greenbean,
Printing always was les than stellar in Kicad…
You can try to export the schematics in pdf format and print from adobe acrobat. Or export to SVG and work with it in Inkscape or other vector editor.

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Thanks for the response. In your reply you used the word “export”. I can’t find any place in the program to do an export. I did print to PDF. If I tell Adobe to print actual size then I end up with the same problem. If I tell Adobe to “Shrink to Fit” then I end up with the whole thing but with 1" margins on the left and right and 3/4" margins on the top and bottom. So that is, at least, a way to get the whole thing slightly reduced but certainly useable. Have no experience with SVG but expect it would come up with the same issues.

Again, thanks for the help!

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By export I wanted to direct you to file/plot menu, you can choose the output format there…

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Got it! Thanks much.

Ray

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Sorry for not telling the menu name right away, I was on a commute and didn’t have Kicad with me so called it whatever I could remember :slight_smile:

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Certainly no problem - thanks again!

Ray

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Hello

I got the some problem with my printer that is HP Officejet 7110 . i am unable to print one of my friend suggest me better to re-install the drivers once again i tried is same thing now my printer working is good. so if you have any problem with your printer better to re-install the drivers once again and check it

Simple Steps For Installing HP Officejet 7110 Wide Format E-Printer

Simply, the installation requires that you follow the downloading and installation procedure available via internet. Hewlett Packard offers a free download software guide that is easy to install.

The manual is just expounding on the downloading and installation details. From the user’s guide, one can follow the following steps to download and install the HP Officejet 7110 Wide Format E-Printer:

Click the Hp Officejet 7110 download links.
Accept the terms and conditions (either for the windows or Mac).
Downloading is supposed to start immediately.
When downloading is complete, open the file location and run an executable file from the download folder.
Follow the installer instructions and click complete installation.
When installation is complete, run the software, then power up the printer, then connect to either the windows or Mac systems.

Know more : http://driverbasket.com/hp-officejet-7110-wide-format-e-printer/

Jessika

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