The print templates in
MapInfo Stratus are designed to specify a page size
that is slightly less than full A4 at 200mm by 287mm. This has been done to ensure that on
most printers and printer drivers the output does not need to be shrunk to fit into the
printable area of the paper. They should therefore print at the exact scale intended.
However there can be exceptions to this:
- On some older printers and print drivers we have seen that output can still become
scaled down (shrunk) if the printer cannot print to a printable area as large as 200mm x
287mm.
- In some cases the printer driver offers the ability to Fit (or Scale to Fit) into the
printable area. In these cases it is possible that the print may become scaled up
(grown).
When printing scaled PDF’s we strongly recommend disabling any options like "shrink to
Printable Area” or "Fit to Printable Area" on your print menu to ensure that there is no
page scaling, otherwise the output will not be at the exact scale that was chosen.
In order to assist with validating the output the actual dimensions of the printed map
should be as follows for each of the standard print templates.
- Landscape Map Only 27.7 cm x 15.0 cm
- Landscape 21.7 cm x 15.5 cm
- Portrait Map Only 19.0 cm x 24.5 cm
- Portrait 19.0 cm x 17.0 cm