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Why Is Google Chrome Printing Too Small – How To Fix ?

June 19, 2020 by Sanmay Chakrabarti 13 Comments

Contents

  • 1 Fixing The Google Chrome Printing Too Small Issue
    • 1.1 Set Print Scaling In Google Chrome
  • 2 Wrapping Up

Many users have trouble printing from Google Chrome. Whenever they try to print from Google Chrome, printing is too small to read. This occurs because of incorrect print scaling in Chrome.

In this article, we have discussed how to set print scaling correctly so that the printing doesn’t become too small.

Also, check out this article if you can’t print from Google Docs.

Fixing The Google Chrome Printing Too Small Issue

Generally, only the Chrome default print settings are set from the start, which is not suitable for printing every page. As mentioned above, to fix the small orienting issue in Chrome, proper print scaling needs to be set. But how do you set print scaling? Well, its quite easy to do and we have explained below how to do it.

Set Print Scaling In Google Chrome

To set the print scaling in Chrome, follow the steps given below:

  1. Open Chrome browse to the page you want to print.
  2. Press the Ctrl + P keys to open the print preview of Chrome. Now the page you want to print should be on the left of the screen while the print options are on the right.
  3. Select the More settings option.
  4. Now, next to the Scale option, click on the drop-down menu and select Custom.
  5. Now, enter the number you want to set the scale at. As you increase or decrease the scale, the preview of the page on the left side will also change. This way you can set the proper scaling that you want.

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  1. Finally, after making sure the other print options are as your desire, click on the Print option.

Now, the printing should be of appropriate size, not too small or too big. This solution should also fix the Google docs printing small issue as both use the same print preview.

Wrapping Up

So, there you have it. Now you know what to do if in Google Chrome printing is too small to read. Follow the above steps and you shouldn’t have any problem. Leave your comments below expressing your views on this article.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: Google Chrome printing too small

About Sanmay Chakrabarti

Sanmay is a Windows Insider and editor at Digicruncher. He is a Tech enthusiast and has been writing tech blogs for over 2 years now. He loves reading books, traveling to new places and listening to music in his free time.

Comments

  1. Malc Seaman says

    July 7, 2021 at 9:45 am

    HI.
    I had this exact problem….and still have it.
    I am trying to print a Google doc from a Chromebook and have set custom scale as described in your article…BUT is it because I am printing wirelessly that is causing the problem. It still prints about a quarter-scale in the top left corner of the page. Very frustrating.
    Any help, please?

    Thanks
    Malc

    Reply
  2. Jonathan Bouton says

    July 19, 2021 at 4:42 pm

    I have the same issue as Malc. Only for one user account on a Mac. the other logged in users have no issue.

    Reply
  3. Amanda says

    July 23, 2021 at 2:26 am

    This is still happening to me also, and I am not printing via wireless. It happens only on Google Docs and on both my computers. The entire page complete with page number is crammed into the top left quarter of the A4 page.

    Reply
  4. Trey Ferguson says

    July 31, 2021 at 12:41 pm

    I am having the exact same problem, but my chromebook is attached to an hdmi cable…..
    No matter what I do, nothing changes.
    My documents still print on the top 1/4 of the paper…
    Also, the paper size options are not clear. Nothing gives me an option that makes sense or is understandable.
    Any help beyond what comes up in searches will be greatly appreciated!
    Thank you!

    Reply
  5. Rebeccs says

    August 30, 2021 at 11:04 pm

    We’re having this exact issue printing from a Chromebook on Google Docs. Top left corner. Page is set to A4. If you scale up it prints larger, but it is still constrained to the top left corner and then become cropped.

    Reply
  6. Lisa says

    September 28, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    I am having this problem on a MacBook with anything I print from Chrome, and I also find that scaling up produces the result that Rebeccs desribes.

    Reply
  7. Chris Arnold says

    October 1, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    I have the same problem as all the others and all these solutions to modify print scaling and page setup don’t work. No matter what Chrome only prints to 1/4 of a page. Safari and Firefox are not a problem. There is something seriously wrong with C
    hrome. This only just started happening.

    Reply
  8. Dan Gainor says

    October 10, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    Thanks! Mine had reset to weird scaling. I took it back to the default and voila!!!!

    Reply
  9. Lorie says

    December 13, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    I have the same issue as Chris Arnold. Default doesn’t solve it either. Macbook. Scaling doesn’t help. It just wants to print in the ¼ of the page. Not a problem with Safari nor Firefox. What is the deal!

    Reply
  10. Chris Arnold says

    March 4, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    This method doesn’t work at all.

    Reply
  11. Pamm says

    March 5, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    Using Chrome and It prints out too small you can’t see, even when using the Scaling it won’t pick up all the Rows to the Right of the Google Sheets based off above suggestion on the scaling in Print Mode. There has got to be a easier way to do this so you can print out a normal Size Google Sheet where you can Read it.

    Reply
  12. Vickey says

    March 12, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    I’m having the same issue. I try to scan and print a document, print from a webpage even from Adobe Reader. I run Windows 10. Have an HP OfficeJe 4652, have all of the printer setting set to 100%, on the printer itself and in the control panel and tried to update .Everything is too small.

    Reply
  13. wae says

    March 22, 2022 at 8:35 am

    still have same issue

    Reply

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