How do I enlarge print size on a HP Envy 5530?

[foxygrandma]

How can I increase the size of the print on my HP Envy 5530 printer? I have tried right clicking to get to the print directions and the  click on the magnifying glass to enlarge the ptint but it still prints so small I have trouble reading it..

[Dragon-Fur]

foxygrandma

Welcome to the HP Community Forum.

Print size, including the fonts in that document, are adjusted prior to when you send the job to the printer.

Print Preview is offered in most browsers (File > Print > Print Preview or similar wording), document viewers (Adobe Reader DC, Foxit PDF Viewer), and document editors (Word, Libre Word).

See the following for Print Preview suggestions, examples, and "how-to":

Manage Print Output with Print Preview

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[mrclick]

I cannot find a way to enlarge the print size on my HP Envy 5530.  How do I do it?

[Dragon-Fur]

@mrclick

Most of the time you adjust the output, including the size of the overall document and contents, during the job submission.

The exact "how-to" depends on which program you are using the submit the print job and the type of document (what you are printing).

Documents / Browser Printing

In the simplest sense, if you are printing from your web browser, you might increase the size of the view:

PC: 

Ctrl +    larger              (Press Control key and + key at the same time)

Ctrl -     smaller

Example - Internet Explorer

Open Web page to print > File > Print Preview

Select "Shrint to fit" OR select from the drop down menu another percentage of the size

The resulting size viewed in Print Preview will translate to the printed page .. the larger the text and graphics shown in Print Preview > the larger shall be that text and graphics on the paper.

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If you open a PDF file in Adobe Reader DC or Foxit PDF, Print Preview provides several ways to control the size of the content as printed.

For example:

Open file in Adobe Reader DC PDF viewer / reader > File > Print >

Select Shrink oversized pages OR Select Actual Size OR Select a Custom Scale (percentage)

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You can change the size of photos / images by selecting the scale of the photo, the size of the paper.  Image printing, too, uses a form of Print Preview athough the setup steps may be presented in a different manner to that of document printing.  Photo / Image printing varies widely and is tied directly to the program you are using to print.

References:

Manage Print Output with Print Preview

Printing Preferences

Photos and Images:

Print - Programs_and_Methods     

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