Tip: Printing a canvas
What if you want to print a canvas? Most office printers will shrink it down and make the whole canvas print on one letter-sized piece of paper. However, the steps below show you how to print the canvas on multiple pages it ends up a comprehensible size.
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Export your canvas to a PDF file
- Open your canvas in Adobe® Acrobat®
- Go to File → Print

- Set the printer to Adobe PDF
- Set the page sizing and handling to Poster
- For "Orientation" choose Landscape
- Click Print
- Save your new PDF
- Once your PDF has been saved, open it in Adobe Acrobat
- Go to File → Print

- Set the printer to your usual printer
- If you'd like to only print a section of the canvas, chose "pages to print"
- Choose Size for page sizing and handling
- Select Actual size
- Make sure "Print on both sides of paper" is unchecked
- Set the orientation to "Auto portrait/landscape"
- Click Print
The canvas will print on multiple pages that can be taped or glued together for a comprehensible printed version of your canvas.
Last updated: June 6, 2019
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