Schematic Print margins not what were designed

Schematic
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OK, I have tried reading all the issues with printing schematics, but haven’t found what I am looking for so I thought I would ask… I am trying to print my schematics using a template that has margins closer to the edge of my 8.5 x 11 paper, in portrait mode. I can design a template with the editor and print it in that design editor and it prints just like I want it, but when I print out from the schematic editor it prints the margins differently. Something is changing the scaling. My printer will allow me to print to 1/4" of the edges of the paper, but when I try printing from the schematic editor, it is giving me roughly 1/2" margins top bottom and right. I just have a simple line (box) margin for the outside of my template so I can easily see that it prints differently between the template print and the schematic print. Why?

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Hard to tell without full version info.

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Version is 8.0.2. By the way, this happens on more than one computers so, even though I did think to see if it is something in my printer setup, I don’t think it is. Why would it change from printing a test page in the Drawing Sheet Editor to the way it prints from the Schematic Editor?

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Which OS, wxWidgets version, desktop environment, X11/Wayland?

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You can copy the full version info in Help → About KiCad → Copy Version Info

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Thanks for the help. I didn’t realize that. Here is the information:
Application: KiCad x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.2, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.5.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

Platform: Windows 11 (build 22631), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Apr 27 2024 23:05:17
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.5.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:

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I just noticed that there is an 8.0.3 update that just came out, so I just downloaded and installed it, but I still have the same print results. I was wondering if there was some kind of overriding print margin settings in the schematic editor vs the template layout program? I haven’t found one, but just wondering.

Here is the latest version info:
Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.3, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.5.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

Platform: Windows 11 (build 22631), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon ™ Pro WX 5100 Graphics, 4.6.14800 Compatibility Profile Context FireGL 22.10.02 30.0.21002.46

Build Info:
Date: Jun 3 2024 19:04:47
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.5.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1939 without C++ ABI

Build settings:

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