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HOW TO PRINT PDF PATTERNS.

The pattern pack you have downloaded contains a PDF pattern that is
broken up into multiple A4 pages.
It is important to print the patterns at the correct size and scale.
This document will help you adjust the settings in Adobe Reader,
so you print your pattern correctly each and every time.

You need to open the files in order to print out the patterns.
To print out this pattern, you should click on the ‘Print’ icon (marked
with the red arrow).
The printing menu comes up:

You should select the printer that is currently connected to your


computer in the Printer drop-down list marked with the red arrow.
Now you need to select ‘Document’ in the Comments & Forms drop-
down list marked with the green arrow.
CHOOSE "ACTUAL SIZE" (red arrow).
And next you need to specify all necessary printing properties.
The menu with your printer’s properties opens when you click the
Properties button marked with the blue arrow (see above):

You should select Borderless Printing, select the A4 printer paper


size and tick the Portrait orientation (red arrows).
It is necessary to press ‘OK’ afterwards.
This will return you to the printing menu. You should check all settings
carefully one more time and then press the Print button.
Now your printer should start printing.
Please take a ruler and measure the size of the squares after printing out
the first sheet.
Each blue square should be 1 x 1cm and each red one – 0.5 x 0.5cm.
Just measure 10 squares in a row, you should get 10cm. If the result is
different, you must have made a mistake in the properties. You need to
achieve perfect matching!

There is a special merging line for piecing patterns:

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