clyne Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 PLEASE HELP! - I am trying to use paint.net to scan in A3 architectural plans, add text and colour, then print back out in A3. It performs all the functions but the print out is smaller than the original which is useless to me. Can someone please help? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) clyne, This may help: Printer+ v1.5 Edited April 6, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 sorry - I do architecture, not computers........I've tried really hard but don't know what I'm doing re the plug in. I need all this to earn a living! so - in layman's terms please......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Did the plugin install OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 I really don't know. I followed various instructions but the printing looks the same as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Do you have this. Starting at the Paint.NET top menu: Effects > Tools > Printer+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 No - there is no 'tools' in the 'effects' drop down menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 We have a very informative thread on how to install plugins, give it a shot - I'm sure it will help: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2023 Quote  ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 That's what I followed already but I'll try again, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 clyne, Download the zipfile from Simon Brown's site. Download it to your Desktop or Downloads folder. Open the zip by left-clicking, left-click the folder inside named Effects, and copy/paste all of the files inside to your Files/Paint.NET/Effects folder. Best to do this with Paint.NET closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thanks for your attempts to help but my paint.net main page looks exactly the same. What should be different? I've even tried emailing simon brown but his email address and web site don't work. I've followed instructions to install the plug in several times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Can you post a screenshot of the contents of your Paint.Net/Effects folder, including the Windows Explorer window showing the full path to the Effects folder? How to post images: How to Post Images http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/ ============================================ This is what should show when plugin is installed correctly. http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5103/pplus01.png Edited April 6, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Spent hours trying to do that - It's all greek to me. I give up. Thanks for trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I did receive your email. -- When you run this, what does it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 I managed (after a computer chap cleaned up the mess I'd made) to install the plug in. So I now have the tools > print+ add on. Trouble is it still doesn't print back out to scale. I can't see anything that might help except margins. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Two things come to mind on this. 1) Is area beyond the original paper edge being scanned into the image? If so, some cropping may be needed. 2) My guess is setting margins to zero, and set to Landscape rather than Portrait. Also, be sure to change the paper size setting to A3, A4 is the default setting. Another possibility is a difference between the DPI (dots-per-inch) of the scanner and the DPI setting of the printer. May not be the case, and if so, is fixable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 The A3 scanner seems to scan it at the right size. When I scan it into my pc then out again it is exactly right. When I try to use gimp, it will only print to A4. When I use paint.net it prints to A3 but about 5% too small. Setting the margins to zero helps a little bit but still not to scale and it takes about 5 mins to print out because it will only print on 'fine' setting. I'll try to look at the DPI but it's a scanner / copier (same machine) and, as I said, works OK without going through a programme. I'm amazed this hasn't come up before and a fix been found. Thanks for your time and help. Any more ideas would be welcome. I wonder if Simon Brown's plug in could be modified to allow scaling adjustments............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Can you scan it into your PC, open the file with Paint.NET, edit, save, then print out from your PC? Will that make it print to scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyne Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 SUCCESS!! With the image up I go to image > canvas size then reduce the canvas to 96% (save as required) go to print, make sure all the settings are on A3, un-tick the 'fit to frame' and it prints perfectly! Simple but effective. Hope this is of benefit to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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