Print it at exactly the right size
Practical, step-by-step guides to getting big plans, templates and patterns onto ordinary paper – accurately.
How to print a large image or PDF across multiple pages
Step-by-step: print a big image or PDF across several A4 or US Letter sheets at an exact size, with overlap, trim lines and alignment marks. Free and in your browser.
SewingHow to print an A0 sewing pattern at home on A4 or Letter
Turn an A0 or 36-inch copy-shop sewing pattern into A4 or US Letter pages you can print at home: choose your size layers, check the test square, skip blank pages and tape it together.
CADHow to print a SketchUp, Fusion 360 or Onshape drawing at full size
Get a 1:1 full-size printout of a part designed in SketchUp, Fusion 360, Onshape or FreeCAD on a home printer – by exporting a 1:1 PDF, or by calibrating a screenshot.
WoodworkingHow to print a woodworking template to scale
Print full-size woodworking templates – chair parts, rockers, router patterns, scroll-saw patterns – on A4 or Letter at true scale, then transfer them to wood accurately.
MetalworkHow to print a plasma-cutting template from a DXF file
Turn a DXF into a full-size paper template for plasma, oxy-fuel or hand cutting: convert the DXF to a 1:1 PDF, tile it on A4 or Letter, check the scale, and mark the steel.
Vintage patternsHow to enlarge a vintage pattern from a grid diagram
Scale up “1 square = 1 inch” grid diagrams from old sewing, woodworking and craft books to full size: scan or photograph, calibrate across the grid, and print on A4 or Letter.
TroubleshootingPrinted pattern or template the wrong size? How to fix it
Why printed sewing patterns and templates come out a few percent too small or too big – Fit to page, borderless printing, A4 vs Letter, unscaled files – and how to fix each one.
ComparisonPoster printing tools compared
A fair comparison of free ways to print big images and PDFs across multiple pages: Adobe Acrobat Reader’s Poster option, PosteRazor, The Rasterbator and TrueScale Print – and which to use when.