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Hi,

I am trying to create a new card with AI. The size is 80 mm x 50 mm. Before I printed I export it to jpg format. The print out result is as big as an A4 paper. How to create a new card with the output (print out) size is 80 mm x 50 mm ?

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Good troubleshooting so far — the problem is almost always a units/DPI mismatch plus the print dialog scaling. pointed toward manual scaling, and noted using pixels for the page size; those clues together explain why a small card became A4 when printed.

Create the artwork in millimetres and export with the artboard as the reference. In Illustrator set the document units to mm and make the artboard 80 x 50 mm (add a bleed, typically 3 mm, if you need edge-to-edge color). When exporting a raster file, choose 300 ppi for print. Use this conversion to check pixel dimensions: pixels = mm / 25.4 * dpi. At 300 dpi a 80 x 50 mm card becomes about 945 x 591 px. Also check the Export/Save dialog box option “Use Artboards” so only the artboard area is exported.

For reliable printing, deliver a PDF rather than a JPEG. File > Save As > Adobe PDF (Press/High Quality), check Use Artboards and include crop marks/bleed. Open the PDF in Acrobat and print at 100% (Actual Size). If you must print a JPEG, open it in a viewer and disable “Fit to Page” or similar scaling options, and set scale to 100%.

If Illustrator shows “Can’t print the illustration,” bypass direct printing: save as PDF and print from Acrobat. If issues persist, update the printer driver, flatten transparency (Object > Flatten Transparency) or rasterize problem objects at high resolution, and outline fonts or embed them before export. For commercial print, convert colors to CMYK and provide bleed and crop marks.

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You can show the rulers and use the Scale tool (in the tools palette)to resize the image. You could also use the Transform Window (Windows>Transform), typing the desired dimension in the H box when holding the CTRL key and then hitting Enter, which will constrain the width accordingly. Take care at the proportions, an A4 page is 1.41 in ratio, while for the dimensions you have speciffied the ratio is 1.6.

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You can show the rulers and use the Scale tool (in the tools palette)to resize the image. You could also use the Transform Window (Windows>Transform), typing the desired dimension in the H box when holding the CTRL key and then hitting Enter, which will constrain the width accordingly. Take care at the proportions, an A4 page is 1.41 in ratio, while for the dimensions you have speciffied the ratio is 1.6.

Before I print out the name card or export it to JPG, I enter the paper size: 88 x 53 pixel.

after I export it to jpg and print it out it seems that the size has changed. I do not print it out directly from AI.

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When I try to print with AI : "(x) Can't print the illustration."

I think I am getting close. I have to export it to jpg with Medium/ High Resolution Depth.

Then, print it.

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