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conuk · 27 Jan 2010 at 09:20

Im trying to make a little invitation type card insert.....

the card is <-----> 27 cm by 13.5 cm tall...

I want to make a little insert say 26 <-----> wide by 12.5cm tall...

so I create a new page in photoshop with these dimensions .....

I print it on my A4 page.... @ 100% but it doesnt measure correctly !

what am I missing ?

gord · 27 Jan 2010 at 09:43

Make sure when printing you aren't using any of the fit properties.

When you created the document make sure you set it to cm for the metric and that the dpi is set to 300.

Aside from that.. I can't think why it wouldnt come out properly. What does it print like? Big, Small?

Tripnologist · 27 Jan 2010 at 09:48

gord said:
Make sure when printing you aren't using any of the fit properties.
When you created the document make sure you set it to cm for the metric and that the dpi is set to 300.

As above. Follow those and there is no reason it shouldn't print as it should.

conuk · 27 Jan 2010 at 10:26

this was set to 0 ,0 o print from the edge.

it still prints too big.

am I missing an option somewhere else?

conuk · 27 Jan 2010 at 10:38

doh... its ok .... silly cow (!) gave me wrong measurements for the card....

ALL DONE

gord · 27 Jan 2010 at 14:07

I know you say its OK now, but 300 pixels/cm is not 300 pixels per inch.

Just for future ref.

conuk · 27 Jan 2010 at 14:28

so always make sure 300 / inch selected ?

gord · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:04

conuk said:
so always make sure 300 / inch selected ?

Dpi and PPI are most commonly used. CM is probably used in the states.