HP Photosmart Plus B210a unable to scale prints?

Photosmart Plus AIO, product no CN216B, model no B210a, running under Win 7 x64.
Cumulatively I have spent a ridiculous number of hours searching for a way to scale printouts, usually web pages I'm trying to fit on a single sheet of paper.
Tantalisingly, I found a US HP retailer site that listed specs for this printer including the ability to scale prints between 12-1200%. However, I've yet to discover where/how this can be achieved. Is it really impossible to simply 'fit to page'?
Please, PLEASE, will one of you experts put me out of my misery once and for all on this question? Thanks guys.
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For this printer itself, it does not have the feature to scale prints. However, there are third party applications (such as Adobe) that can provide that option through their software. But is not included in this printer's drivers.
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