Scanning And Printing A4 Documents.

[anotheoldgit]

Recently I had a number of A4 documents to copy.

I scanned them onto my computer and then printed them.

But the problem being is the fact that my printer printed them in a larger text than the original, making the borders on the copies much narrower and the type was a lot darker.

Anyone know why this was?

[malagabob]

What font have you got selected on your PC . A bit of a long shot but worth checking.

[Buenchico]

The problem with trying to answer your question, AOG, is that computers don't (per se) copy documents. It's the software on your computer which actually does the job and there are lots of different programs which people use. (Fairly obviously, people tend to use the software which comes with their all-in-one printer but there are also lots of other programs which can do the task).

So you need to go into the settings for your particular software and check which settings are currently in use.

Based upon the information in your post I'd guess that you've got 'fit to page' selected somewhere, which automatically removes white edges. (i.e. if you put an A5 document into your scanner the software would ignore the blank space around it and produce an A4 document filled with the text from the A5 page. Your scanner seems to be doing something similar and removing the edges of your A4 pages). You need to change that to 'normal size' (or something similar).

There should also be a 'contrast' setting available for you to change, so that text is no longer as dark as it's currently showing. (Alternatively you might have a 'mono' setting selected, which renders everything on a page as either pure black or pure white, thus eliminating any shades of grey. Switching to a 'colour' setting, even if you're copying a black-and-white document, might help).

[anotheoldgit]

Thank you both for your answers, I will carry out your suggestions, if I can find the correct place where I can make the necessary adjustments needed.

[aelmpvw]

does your printer not have a copy option to avoid the scanning procedure?