Printing bigger projects on regular paper

I am doing a project on 16x20 in illustrator and was wondering how to print on regular sized 8.5x11 on a deskjet? any help?

I can scale down to fit page at work, but not at home on my deskjet either. I think it depends on your printer.

I know of no other way but to make your artsize smaller to fit the page size.

In AI 10.0.3 and earlier File>Page Setup enter a Scale value such as 25%..

In AI CS File >Print>General>Fit to Page

Wade, doesn't work on my HP Deskjet 890C. There's no scale. That was the first place I looked.

Maybe you have to have a postscript printer?

No.

In the File>Page Set up (Shift Command P) there is a scale in AI 10.0.3 and I believe all previous versions of AI.

You can always select any printer from the printer drop down menu:

Page Set Up Scale <http://mysite.verizon.net/wzphoto/Picture2.jpg>

Well my server seems to have gone done temporarily but you'll be able to access it later.

Wade, this is what I get when I select your link.

Locked
The requested resource is currently locked. The lock must be released or proper identification given before the method can be applied.

Yeah, I get you, Wade, but I don't have that option on my HP deskjet 890C on Windows platform in AI9.

Might be a Windows XP driver thing? I check the HP site and I do have the current driver.

Nope, just deskjet, bubblejet, and fax. All look pretty close to the same.

Select in the Page Set Up any printer if that is an option.

Although I get fit to page and different options when I print from Acrobat 4. Same options as AI if I print from Explorer. What's up with that?

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1 2nd July 15:26 kathryn_faulkner External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper I am doing a project on 16x20 in illustrator and was wondering how to print on regular sized 8.5x11 on a deskjet? any help?

2 2nd July 15:26 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper I can scale down to fit page at work, but not at home on my deskjet either. I think it depends on your printer. I know of no other way but to make your artsize smaller to fit the page size.

3 2nd July 15:27 wade_zimmerman External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper In AI 10.0.3 and earlier File>Page Setup enter a Scale value such as 25%.. In AI CS File >Print>General>Fit to Page

4 2nd July 15:27 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Wade, doesn't work on my HP Deskjet 890C. There's no scale. That was the first place I looked. Maybe you have to have a postscript printer?

5 4th July 05:02 wade_zimmerman External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper No. In the File>Page Set up (Shift Command P) there is a scale in AI 10.0.3 and I believe all previous versions of AI. You can always select any printer from the printer drop down menu: Page Set Up Scale <http://mysite.verizon.net/wzphoto/Picture2.jpg> Well my server seems to have gone done temporarily but you'll be able to access it later.

6 4th July 05:02 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Wade, this is what I get when I select your link. Locked The requested resource is currently locked. The lock must be released or proper identification given before the method can be applied.

7 4th July 05:03 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Yeah, I get you, Wade, but I don't have that option on my HP deskjet 890C on Windows platform in AI9. Might be a Windows XP driver thing? I check the HP site and I do have the current driver.

8 4th July 05:03 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Nope, just deskjet, bubblejet, and fax. All look pretty close to the same.

9 4th July 05:03 wade_zimmerman External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Select in the Page Set Up any printer if that is an option.

10 4th July 05:03 dee holmes External User Posts: 1	Printing bigger projects on regular paper Although I get fit to page and different options when I print from Acrobat 4. Same options as AI if I print from Explorer. What's up with that?