Notebook sends docs to printer oversized - printer is not the problem

[peteslp]

PDFs sent to printer come out showing less than 25% of the document because the font is so big.

Old printer driver updated. Notebook BIOS updated. Printer replaced. No joy.

Trying to resize using print preview screen set at Auto Zoom, Page Fit, Actual Size has no effect at all. The preview image changes but the print out stays unusable; it's still huge.

Hoping someone else has run into this issue. Next step will be to replace the notebook.

Wah.

Pete

[Dragon-Fur]

@peteslp 

Things can get weird if Windows Updates are  not current, are stuck, or are "pending" a Restart after loading new updates.

Check for Windows Updates 

Restart the computer and log in

What else?

In general, the printer as a hardware device is unaware of what it is printing.

You say the printer has been replaced.

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What kind of document / image?

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