Difficulties printing to a specific scale on C4280 on a Mac

Question

I have a C4280 All-In-One, and I'm experiencing a lot of difficulty and inconsistencies printing to specific scales. I'm on a Macbook Pro using version 10.6.8. Everything software-wise is up to date, including all available drivers and updates for the C4280. I have some drawings in PDF format that I need to print at both enlarged and reduced scales, but no matter how I change the scaling variables, the results are inconsistent. I'm printing from Preview, which is Mac's default PDF reader. I deselect "Auto Rotate" and enter the specific scale after selecting the "Scale" button. But what comes out seems to be different each time. Does anyone have a solution for this? I use these PDFs for scale model building, so the precision is critical. 
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
I would like to print text to a specific location
(row, column) on the screen. Is there a way to do
this using println() or another method?
Thank you for your help,
JoelYou would have to create this on your own, but you could use a for loop to count rows and columns, for example:
public void mySpecialPrint(int row, int col, String string){
//This gets you to the right row
for (int x = 0; x<row-1; x++){
System.out.println();
//This gets you to the right col
for (int y = 0; y<col-1; y++){
System.out.print(" ");
//This prints out your string
System.out.println(string);
Hey, it ain't pretty, and it aint' tested, but it should do the job.