Most pattern companies offer their PDF patterns in 2-3 different paper sizes: Printer settings for PDF patterns Paper size If you do not choose 100% Scale or No Scaling, your pattern will print out at the wrong size, and your garment likely will not fit correctly. However, for your pattern to print correctly, always choose Custom Scale: 100% or No Scaling (depending on your software). Often, the default setting for Scaling (or Page Scale) is set to “Fit” or “Actual Size”. Choosing an incorrect option for page scaling is the most common cause that I’ve seen for PDF printing issues. This window enables you to change options like scaling and page size. When you open a PDF pattern in your PDF viewing software and click Print, a Print options window will open. If you are not using Acrobat Reader, your PDF viewing software should still have mostly similar options to the ones discussed here.

If you set this correctly, you should have no major issues with your printout.įor the examples in this post, I will be using Adobe Acrobat Reader, the popular free PDF viewing application. The two main settings that you need to worry about are Scaling and Paper size. Probably the most common issue that I see online when people struggle with printing PDF patterns is getting their printer settings correct. In this post, we’ll demystify the process of printing your PDF patterns at home or on a standard office printer so that you can hopefully be a confident PDF pattern user! Configure your printer settings In particular, to beginning or returning sewists who may have only worked with printed patterns in the past, PDF patterns can seem somewhat intimidating at first glance. While this post might seem like review for some of our readers, we still see quite a few questions about printing and troubleshooting PDF patterns in the CSC Community Facebook group.

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