Using Layouts to Set Up a Print - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 719

Paper Sizes group below, scroll down to ANSI expand A (11.00 × 8.50
Inches) (ISO expand A4 (210.00 × 297.00 MM)) size and highlight it.
At the bottom of this area are displays of data about the ANSI expand
A sheet size including, in the example, Printable Area: 10.54 ″× 7.65 ″
(275.4 mm × 188.4 mm) in this case. This shows the maximum area that
your printer can print on an 11 ″× 8.5 ″ (297 mm × 210 mm) sheet of paper
and thus gives you an idea of how close to the edge of the paper the
printer will print. Jot down the printable area.

the Scale drop-down
list contains several
preset scales and
a Custom option.
to delete unneces-
sary scales, add
new ones, edit exist-
ing ones, or rear-
range the order of
the listing, choose
annotate tab ➢
annotation Scaling
panel ➢ Scale
List tool using the
ribbon, Format ➢
Scale List from the
menu bar or enter
scalelistedit ↵ at
the command line
to open the edit
Drawing Scales dia-
log box.

FiGuRE 14.19 The Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box

Click Cancel to close this dialog box.

8. Back in the Page Setup dialog box, move to the Drawing Orientation
group (lower-right corner) and select Landscape.

9. In the Plot Area group, you'll see a drop-down list with four options
for selecting which portion of the drawing area is to be plotted. Ensure
that Layout is selected.

10. In the Plot Scale group, the scale to be used is 1:1, and the units should
be set to inches (mm). If it's not already selected, open the Scale drop-
down list and select 1:1 from the list of preset scale choices. Also verify
that the Units drop-down is set to inches (mm).

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