Trouble printing to size?

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  • 13 years ago LINK
    stowmarkate @stowmarkate

    I live in the UK and am trying to print the pattern for the dress – I printed it (on A4 paper), but the printout when taped together only measures 14″ tall for size 4 rather than the 20 1/4″ tall as listed in the pattern.

    Is anyone else having this problem? I sewed the dress together without double-checking the measurements and it’s TINY.

    13 years ago LINK
    Liesl Gibson
    Keymaster
    @liesl

    Check your print settings and make sure you’re not scaling the pages to fit your paper. It should be printing at 100%, and then you won’t have problems with it. The grid behind all the pieces is an easy way to confirm the correct scale, too.

    I hope it works out!

    13 years ago LINK
    anoushkamae @anoushkamae

    what are the measurements of the grid?

    Is size 2 for a new born?

    thanks so much!

    13 years ago LINK
    JohannaO @JohannaO

    Anoushkamae, a size 2 would be for a 2 year old.

    13 years ago LINK
    stowmarkate @stowmarkate

    FINALLY fixed it. I didn’t realise that the grid squares are 1inch squares – it’s not written on the pattern anywhere! Can’t wait to (re)make the dress!

    11 years ago LINK
    cinqly @cinqly

    I printed out a pattern at 100% and found that the test squares are slightly smaller than one inch! I reset the sizing to 102% and they seem spot for the 1″ test square and grid. Has anyone else had this issue? I am worried that it will not work out right, but then again it can’t be any worse than the clothing turning out too small either, right?

    11 years ago LINK
    Lightning McStitch @LightningMcStitch

    cinqly I had exactly that issue (https://oliverands.com/forums/topic.php?id=1515&page=3#post-22681) with the Woodland Cape pattern. My 1″ square was printing at 15/16ths of an inch. Solved by changing the paper size to “letter” although still putting A4 paper in the printer. Hope that helps.

    11 years ago LINK
    cinqly @cinqly

    Thanks for the feedback! glad I’m not alone! For my printer right now it seems like it is best for me to print off a test page to confirm scale first. It looks like 102% is the magic number, but I realize that can change from printer to printer, or pattern to pattern. Seems like a test page to measure scale will be safest to avoid printing 40+ pages at the incorrect scale (which MAY have already happened!!), or worse, having the garment turn out too small!! 🙂

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