Hi All,

I need to create a very big spur gear which is very simple.
I need to however to print it out on several A4 paper sheets
and then glue them together on a wooden board.

Question:

How can I print gear which would fit only on A0 format using A4 printer ?
I was thinking to have some "+" markings added in 4 corners to easy then aligning
when gluing them up together ?

Thanks,
Adrian

Most printer drivers have a "Poster" setting which will print large sheets on multiple A4 pages with crop marks.

I regularly print A2 schematics on to A4 sheets using this process.

Hi,

Thanks very much for your reply and sorry for getting back so late - work, work, work ...
Anyway - unfortunately I do not have such option using standard drivers for my printer which is canon ip7250.
I wish it was as easy as you describe in my case


Best wishes,
Adrian

In that case, your plan with "+" markings is the best solution.
If your printer can print the full A4 (from edge to edge) it would be even easier.

Set the page dimensions to A0, place your drawing as needed and than tile A4 rectangles over it (either with distribute or with just Snapping enabled). Later on, you`ll use these separate A4 rectangles for exporting the Selection and not the whole A0. It appears .pdf would be the most recommandable format for this matter but you shuold give it a try since it largely depends on your printer`s capabilities.

If, how ever, your printer does not print on the whole page, use the markings to determine printable surface, use the tiling (where this time, you`ll prepare A4 rectangle which would have the inner rectangle representing printable surface) and again export separate Selection for printing.

Chime back if you stumble.

Canon PIXMA iP7250 does support Poster printing. Check the manual.