Printing with InDesign

Hi All,
I am working with InDesign CS4.
I have acreated an InDesign document of size (30p0 * 40p0 i.e width is set to 30 and height is set to 40 all units are in picas)
On document I created a slug area by setting bottom field to 12p0
Created a text frame and put some content.
Open print dialog(File>Print)
From Print dialog box I choose Setup.
From Setup I choose Paper Size Letter which shows me its width and height as 51p0 and 66p0
From Setup I choose "ScaleToFit" option
Note here Paper Size width and height is greater tha our document width and height
Now from Marks and Bleed section I choose "Include Slug area"
Now problem is that I am missing some line of text which I put in a text frame and placed text frame in slug area
I have found that when I choose "ScaleToFit" then it shows me percentage which is nothing but value of X(or width) and Y(height).
I want to know what are the parameters upon which "ScaleToFit "is depends and calculates the percentage.
Is there any way using which we can control ScaleToFit percentage value
Regards,
Alam

Perhaps this conversation will help.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
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