Changing page margins for printing

[psychopengy]

How can I adjust the margins, or the printable area, of a page? I'm trying to print a set of business cards created in Adobe InDesign 1.5, on my HP 2550 Color LaserJet (Product #Q3702A, Serial #CNGFH09989), and even though I set up the document for 1/4" outside margins on the 8.5 x 11" sheet, the printer always prints with half inch margins. I can't find any other way to adjust the print margins in InDesign, nor in the printer instructions. Can it be done? Thanks.

 

[eugenetyson]

This seems like it is down to your printer. InDesign can print information that is off the page too, with the bleed settings.

You'll have to look into your printer settings

 

[jmgalvin]

1/4 is a little tight for HP inkjets, but it might run. If you're printing directly from ID, take a look in the print window for a "printer" button at the bottom of the window.

That will take you to the setup for your HP. You'll see various page scaling options like "fit to printer margins" or "shrink to fit". Just use whatever gives you no shrink or enlarge.

You have similar options in the ID print window - under page setup. You have to have botht ehHP and ID setting set to not shrink.

One of the ways to make this easier is to export a press quality pdf - making sure that it's set RGB or unchanged (if you used all rgb colors in the ID doc) in the Advanced menu.

You can open that pdf in reader or another pdf app and print from that. That print dialogue will take you right to the HP printer settings.



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