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os x 10.3 in many programs and on various printers prints out page absolutely tiny in the corner of the paper. even though A4 is selected, it seems to think that the paper size is massive. but even if you select scale to fit, it still prints out tiny. v. annoying. any solutions?
emac Mac OS X (10.3) printing to lexmark and hp printers

Trying to wrap my brain around this one.
Many programs? Are you printing different files or they same file? Is it a PDF?
If PDF and in Acrobat, have you checked the page setup (CommandShiftP).
This will let you know what size of paper Acrobat is expecting to print to.
In the bottom left corner of your screen is the status bar which should show the size of the page in your document. Does this match the sheet size you are printing to? In your preview of the Page, are you seeing the entire page or is the view zoomed in?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm trying to figure out what is going on. Acrobat can be down right nasty when it wants to.
Let me know
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