Printing Actual Size

I bet this gets asked a lot.
I have downloaded a PDF document which all 30 pages measure 67.26x47.68 in which is "HUGE"
I would like to know if it is possible to do a multi page print out on A4 paper whilst keeping the same size as the actual document?
I have an Epson Stylus photo R300 if that helps
I need the scale to be totally precise as these are plans for a large scale model aircraft

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I have the same problem. I wish to seemlessly print a 45 cm X 45 cm (17.71" X 17.71") image (a board game template) onto several pages while retaining the correct board size and line-ups.
It is frustrating that such an obvious option is not available. The multiple pages per sheet option is great, but AR9 needs an multiple sheets per image option as well.
Sorry, I do not have a solution for you. Hopefully, Adobe will work on this soon.
Shawn

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I don't see the screen shot. Screenshots can only be uploaded when you are using the forum version here and not via email.
It's also helpful to supply your version of Adobe Reader, OS, and any other info that might be important.

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Francine, thank you so much for the tips. It took me over two months but I finally got around to trying to take care of this.
I tried your suggestions in order. Steps 1-3 did not fix the problem, but reinstalling from Pacifist did (thank goodness!). Wish I had tried that from the get-go.
Thanks again to everyone for all the suggestions.
There are a couple of things to try:
1. If you haven't done so lately, try Disk Utility
and Repair Permissions. Won't hurt, it's quick and
easy, and there is a remote possibility that it will
help. It actually does occasionally fix something
strange like this.
2. Go to http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ and
download the COMBO 10.4.8 updater (it is huge, like
148MBs) and run it, then Repair Permissions again.
3. Restart and hold down the Shift key when you hear
the startup chime. This will force the computer to do
a Safe boot. When you see the splash screen saying
"Safe Mode" release the Shift key. The boot will take
longer than normal as the system repairs the disk,
empties font caches, and disables startup items. Not
sure if Image Capture will run correctly with some
Apple startup items disabled, but you can try it.
Restart normally afterwards.
4. You can download Pacifist here:
http://www.charlessoft.com/
It will extract things from your Install disk so you
can install only what you need, in your case Image
Capture.
My Image Capture has never had a problem, so I'm
afraid all I can recommend is these general
approaches. Hope one of them helps.
Francine
Francine
Schwieder
g4 laptop Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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It was the 3rd "please" that pushed me over the edge. Just kidding.
How far off from proper size is your print coming out (actual measurements vs. expected)?
Are there any settings in the printer driver itself (available through the [Print Settings...] button) such as "borderless print" or other scaling options that have inadvertently been set?
Are the values for Height and Width exactly what you expect, considering the type of unit (e.g., cm or mm) displayed in the Units field? For me, an image listed as 4.75 x 5 with Units: inches prints exactly at that size.
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post a screen shot of your process.... it sounds right, but i bet we can catch something in your documentation of this process
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janelle

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Need help!
Thanks

Recumbents wrote:
I'm using CS5 Extended. I have a canvas size of 8.4x10.95 that I print on 8.5x11 portrait paper. The Scale to Fit Media checkbox is unchecked, and the Scale field is 100%. The printer dialog is set to borderless.
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I am trying to print a CD jewel case image. Every time I make sure under page setup it says "scale = 100%", but it prints this monstrosity that is way too large. This occurs if I print it within the gimp or the eog image viewer.
What do I have to do? This is so annoying.

Sorry, I didn't mean for you to import the image into some other tool to make a document then a pdf - I mean't just print to pdf from gimp. This would allow you to see exactly what would be printed, and I assume it'd be too large.
This would be because of the size meta-data which is what I first asked about and was trying to get at - alphaniner has shown exactly this.

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Manage Print Output with Print Preview
Assuming you have installed the Full Feature Software for the printer
and
Assuming that you have at least a recent version of Adobe Reader or Adobe software installed so you can download and open PDF files,
then
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See pages 5 and 6
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