Re: Standard paper size too big

[samarutuk]

Hi, the margins must also fit the printer specifications. If you choose 
e.g. 2 mm for top, bottom, left or right, many printers will not be able 
to print that, because there is a minimum margin depending on the 
printer. Acrobat will then adjust the document to fit the printer (89% 
in your case). You can also tell Acrobat to print the page without 
adjusting to the printer's minimum margins, which is 100%. But then what 
is missing is what the printer cannot print because it is too close to 
the edge of the page. Under Document Properties in Acrobat you can also 
see the dimensions of the paper. If they differ, enter the dimensions of 
the paper directly in the lilypond code under \paper, if it really 
should not be A4.
\paper {
paper-height = 297\mm
paper-width = 210\mm
}


Am 03.03.2023 um 12:06 schrieb Jean Abou Samra:
> > Le 3 mars 2023 à 11:45, Jean Abou Samra<jean@abou-samra.fr>  a écrit :
> >
> > 
> > > Le vendredi 03 mars 2023 à 11:26 +0100, Ruben du Pon a écrit :
> > >
> > > That may be the case, but as I said when I print straight from Frescobaldi the 
> > > score doesn't fit the page (the bottom staff is mostly missing) and when I open 
> > > it in acrobat reader it fits at 89%, so something is off about the paper size.
> > I don't think so. Try printing any A4 document from Acrobat or Frescobaldi and 
> > seeing if you get the same behavior. Pretty sure you will. Then you should 
> > either find the proper settings in Acrobat (I don't have it), or in 
> > Frescobaldi, or write a bug report to Frescobaldi. From LilyPond's point of 
> > view, I don't see anything wrong here.
>
> Also, make sure your are printing to A4 paper. US letter paper is about 2cm 
> less than A4 in height, so if your printer dialog is trying to fit A4 into US 
> letter, that could indeed crop the bottom.