Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

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bermannor1
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Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

Postby bermannor1 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:20 am

I run Inkscape on Win 7.
I have a simple drawing, a rectangular 50 x 60 mm.
I saved it as png and pdf file.
1. With the png export function
2. With Cairo png
3. With pdf save function
I have a Ricoh s/w laser printer.
I have not been able so far, to print out the rectangular in exact 50 x 60 mm. Printouts are always smaller.
Document setup is DIN A4, so print borders are not relevant.
I tried with png exporting function different setups, e.g. page, drawing.
What do I wrong?
Thank you for your help.

tylerdurden
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Location: Michigan, USA

Re: Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

Postby tylerdurden » Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:02 am

More info needed... what size is the Inkscape page? (document properties)

Printing from pdf... did you use the "actual size" setting?

Please upload the files to dropbox and share a link so we can examine the files. (svg, pdf, png)
Have a nice day.

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bermannor1
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Re: Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

Postby bermannor1 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:12 am

Hi tylerdurden,
the inkscape page is A4.
Printing PDF seems now ok.
More important is png because I want to make a jpg and import in to a word document (word 2003).

bermannor1
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Re: Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

Postby bermannor1 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:47 am

Hello, the document setting is DIN A4 and big enough for the rectangular.
SVG printout is exact 50 x 60 mm.
Main problem is png printout after export png or
save with Cairo png.
Here, the pic is smaller.
I need png to transform to jpg (by paint.net) and import to a word document (Word 2003).

Moini
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Re: Correct printout of a png and pdf drawing

Postby Moini » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:04 am

Probably the program that you display the png with uses a different default resolution than Inkscape.
What's the ratio between the two sizes?
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