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Precise Printing
Hi,
If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then print it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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Actually I made a mistake... that should be 10.87 not 10.27.
That's nearly a whole centimeter out!! Lisa "LIsa" wrote: Hi, If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then print it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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With a CAD program?
-- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "LIsa" wrote in message ... Actually I made a mistake... that should be 10.87 not 10.27. That's nearly a whole centimeter out!! Lisa "LIsa" wrote: Hi, If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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Somewhere in all the stuff I have read about Excel, I seem to remember that
it is not a precision measurement system. It is a number crunching spreadsheet with some additional capabilities and features, one of which is not CAD/CAM. For precision printing you will require special software with matching hardware. The printer itself must be calibrated to the CPU interface. Even if you had been lucky enough to get a precise measurement using they standard Excel software and local printer, the very first time you try to use it anywhere else would be a failure. "LIsa" wrote: Hi, If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then print it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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I've tried to print precisely with Excel, and it can't be done. You can get
pretty close with a specific version of Excel and a specific printer. But as soon as you change either one, the precision is lost. You need a CAD program. -- Regards, Fred "LIsa" wrote in message ... Hi, If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then print it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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You will have to do the compensation yourself based on your observed
printed output. LIsa wrote: Hi, If I create a rectangle shape with a width of 10 * 72 / 25.4 and then print it and measure the width with digital calipers, the actual width is 10.27 mm not 10 mm. Can anyone tell me why please and how to print a rectangle of 10 mm width? I actually want to get the precision down to under 1/2 mm. TIA Lisa |
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