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renonville Posted messages 70 Status Member -  
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Hello,
I am using the "My Online Stamp" service from the post office which creates a PDF file for me, and I am trying to print my stamps on an Avery label sheet of the recommended model. Unfortunately, my stamps are always slightly misaligned with respect to the label. The post office advises me to adjust the margins of my printer, but I don't know how to do that.... (HP Photosmart C6180 printer).
Can someone help me?
Thanks in advance

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    C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250
     
    Hello Renonville,

    "La Poste advised me to adjust the margins on my printer": they didn’t tell you how to do it? I would have been curious to know their response because there are very few printers that allow you to directly set the margins in their properties, besides selecting a "Borderless" or "With margin" print.

    This is done from the software you're printing from: Word, for example.

    Speaking of software, which one do you use to open and print your PDF? There might be something to do on that front.

    You can also update your printer driver from the manufacturer's website. That can fix some issues.

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    C-Claire
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    1. renonville Posted messages 70 Status Member 15
       
      The Post provides a link to a somewhat outdated tutorial (Dec. 2011)! The window that should appear with a "printer settings" button does not appear!

      To read and print PDFs, I use basic, free Adobe Reader XI.

      I think my printer driver is up to date, but I will check!

      Thank you
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      1. C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250 > renonville Posted messages 70 Status Member
         
        Renonville,

        take the opportunity to replace Adobe Reader XI with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (still free): https://get2.adobe.com/fr/reader/otherversions/
        In "File", "Print", try checking "Fit" or "Actual size" depending on what is already activated.

        C-Claire
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      2. renonville Posted messages 70 Status Member 15 > C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Great! With Adobe Reader DC and the "actual size" option, everything's good. You're awesome!! Thank you very much.
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      3. C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250 > renonville Posted messages 70 Status Member
         
        And thanks to you because I now know how customized stamps are issued ;-)

        C-Claire
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