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Print module Wrong size rows and columns

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I am attempting to print rows and columns of the same size as is done normally in the Print module. However, the first row and first column is slightly shorter than it should be, and the other ones are slightly longer.

This is my setup and the prints I am getting:
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I note you're running in Rosetta emulation... might be interesting to see if it behaves correctly when not running under Rosetta. I might also test an export to JPEG to see if that outputs the correct size.
 
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hcolman said:
I am attempting to print rows and columns of the same size as is done normally in the Print module. However, the first row and first column is slightly shorter than it should be, and the other ones are slightly longer.

This is my setup and the prints I am getting:
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My guess is that the printer's "printable area" is smaller than it publishes (or that LR assumes), and the top 3/16" of print is getting silently truncated in the printer. To check, look closely at the top row content and see if the top margin is cropped.

The fix is easy of course - adjust the margin settings to stay cleanly within the real printable area.
 
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neilhunt said:
My guess is that the printer's "printable area" is smaller than it publishes (or that LR assumes), and the top 3/16" of print is getting silently truncated in the printer. To check, look closely at the top row content and see if the top margin is cropped.

The fix is easy of course - adjust the margin settings to stay cleanly within the real printable area.
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Yes, they are truncated.

But all the photos are made bigger too (the first row and first column were made bigger too and then cropped).

What is the real printable area? I am selecting in both LR and printer dialog borderless, 0 margin.

To calculate margins, etc. I could do it precisely in PS. The idea is this layout is a quick way to get the matrix when all the cells are the same size. Also, how do I calculate the margin if I do not have any real printable area number?

Plus, I want the cells be 4.25 each, they are 4, and the total length of the paper is 17. Not sure what adjustment I can do to these numbers.

Is there any way in LR to ask LR to make the cells 4.25 and that LR really print at 4.25 all cells? How to force LR to not change the size of the cells?
 
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Victoria Bampton said:
I note you're running in Rosetta emulation... might be interesting to see if it behaves correctly when not running under Rosetta. I might also test an export to JPEG to see if that outputs the correct size.
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The jpeg is fine. Here is the jpeg size with the correct size and the print of this jpeg from PS: same thing. It does print wrong, the same (marked with pencil the expansion of the second row edge).

Also, I tried borderless Auto Expand and borderless Retain Size, both print exactly the same.
 
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David689 said:
Is the issue somehow related to using borderless?
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Yes, it is related. If I leave margins it prints in the size stipulated in LR. I would show you my results, but unfortunately my photos are now showing in my posts - seems that fine art photos of arms are pornographic in the UK!
 
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hcolman said:
The jpeg is fine. Here is the jpeg size with the correct size and the print of this jpeg from PS: same thing. It does print wrong, the same (marked with pencil the expansion of the second row edge).
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Interesting, if it prints incorrectly from Photoshop too, that would suggest an issue with the printer driver rather than with Lightroom.
 
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