8284 Buggy Instructions

[DarkShadow73]

Hi - I asked about this item a couple weeks ago. However, I can't seem to find a website, even Rebrickable, among many others, that allow you to print the pdf instructions without printing a partial page. For example, most sites link you back to lego.com and the pdf's on this item. When I go to print a page it cuts off the bottom of the page I'm printing, for example I try to print page 4 and there are 4 steps on that page, but it cuts off the 4th step, and I'm guessing if I printed the whole 84 pages it would end up in the middle of the printing that I would get cutoff in the middle of a page, then get the rest on the next page. Hope this makes sense. I know a lot of you build right in front of your pc, but I simply don't have the room to do this, so I need to be able to print instructions. However, I really want to print full pages, not having the last step cutoff, which like I said above will get worse and worse as I get more into the printing process.

Anyway, I hope you guys might have a site that allows full page printing without cutting off part of a page. It may look right on the pdf file if you go page to page, but believe me when you actually print a page, it cuts off steps. I did find a website that allowed me to print page to page correctly but the resolution is extremely poor, almost to the point where you couldn't really tell where an axle or connector went, etc, it was a site called The Plastic Brick.

Any help appreciated, thanks, Eric

[DLuders]

The official Building Instructions on the Lego Customer Service website sometimes has a choice between the "NA" (North American) size paper (8-1/2" x 11"), and the larger European ("IN") size paper. Perhaps you could select a "Shrink to Fit" on your printer settings to capture all of the IN-sized information.

[legomuppet9]

Sounds like a problem with your printer settings... check in print preview

[Balrog]

I would go with DLuders suggestion. Some option like "shrink to fit" or "fit to page" or something like this. You usually need to set this when specifying the printer settings for the print process (like how many copies and such).

[DarkShadow73]

The official Building Instructions on the Lego Customer Service website sometimes has a choice between the "NA" (North American) size paper (8-1/2" x 11"), and the larger European ("IN") size paper. Perhaps you could select a "Shrink to Fit" on your printer settings to capture all of the IN-sized information.

@DLuders - I tried all the pdfs, same result, it cut off the bottom of the page and I did a shrink to fit, always came out the same. Usually never have a problem with Lego instruction pdfs, but a lot of major Lego websites link directly to Lego.

Edit: I did mess around with my printer settings some more and it came out correctly. Btw, there was no indication of NA, but there was an IN for the 2nd option for the buggy. Thanks for your ideas.

Edited April 25, 2013 by TechnicFreak