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Apr 17, 2020

Best way to print sewing patterns

The seven eleven's copy machine doesn't allow me to print without a border, so all sewing patterns come out skewed. I have tried several different ones, all supposed to be for a4 size paper, but the machine says it isn't the right fit therefore can't fit to page. Does anyone else know of a better place to print off pdf patterns? could i have a copy shop print them and deliver them?

edthethe

edthethe

American step mom with beautiful Brazilian babies. Raising them in Japan. I'm a crafter too

5 Answers



  • helloalissa

    on Apr 19

    Not sure how to solve your issue, but I've worked in the printing industry and pretty much all printers will print with a border. The 'bleed' edges are that way because the borders have been trimmed off. The best thing I can think of is to create your PDF file to print on A4 paper with borders, at the proportions and size you want. After printing it out, trim the borders off. If you're downloading the patterns and they don't have a border included... not sure. If the border part trims off the edges of the pattern without resizing, you could just draw it back in? It sounds like the size of the PDFs aren't actually A4, which you could double check from the file properties on your computer.

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  • edthethe

    on Apr 19

    @helloalissa sorry if I wasn't clear. The PDF already had borders, the machine then adds more, 2cm on top bottom, 1.5 on sides. The PDF are a4 so when it adds the border the print becomes smaller than a4 on an à4 size paper. So the sewing pattern proportions get skewed.

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  • Kobakko

    on Apr 21

    At my printer at home, I can decide whether to fit the pdf to the paper size (which will produce skewed sewing patterns on occasion) or instead, enter the printing size. If you set it to 100%, it should not resize the pattern and instead some parts my be cut off. But you should be able to easily fill those in afterwards. The setting should be available at a seven eleven's printer, too.

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  • helloalissa

    on Apr 22

    I've used 7-11 printers without that problem but can't remember what the options were. Have you tried other locations or asking staff to help? Sounds frustrating. Maybe someone can print it properly on their home printer for you?

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  • genkidesu

    on Apr 27

    I'm honestly not much help because I can only do basic stuff at the 7-11 printers too. I haven't printed much at them lately other than photos occasionally...but I know when I lived in Tokyo there was a print shop in our neighborhood, where you could get any kind of document printed the way you wanted it. Not the most convenient of options, and likely to be more expensive than the 7-11 printer, but could be a last resort option.

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