topic Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

doray — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:12:44 GMT

All of a sudden, Chrome pages print at about 1/4 size. This happens on multiple sites.

I'm printing to an older Canon printer (MG7520).

The same pages print properly from Chrome to a new Canon printer, and from Firefox and Safari to the old printer.

I've looked at all the settings under More Settings and tried printing with a custom scale of 100%.

I also cleared Chrome's cache. I restarted Chrome.

I tried deleting and re-adding the printer in System Preferences.

I tried printing in another user's account in Chrome on my Mac. The same thing happens: the printout is about 1/4 of the size it should be.

I deleted my Canon's printer driver, which macOS automatically re-added after I restarted the computer again. No luck.

Any help would be appreciated!

Re: printer printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

chriskarnold — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 01:37:17 GMT

Same problem. Started after I downloaded Big Sur OS. Have seen lots of people on Google with similar problem and NO ONE from Canon ever replies or has a solution.

Re: printer printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

meowtek — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:39:14 GMT

It's something weird with Chrome. Use another browser - I had the same issue trying to print from Mac to an older Canon printer using Chrome. Then I tried Safari and it printed correct correctly.

Re: printer printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

ChuckWhelon — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:13:49 GMT

Same here

Re: printer printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

spiffykat — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:16:35 GMT

Ah! Thank you for this! I've been having this same issue on my Canon Pixma, attempting to print through Chrome on my Macbook. It's been driving me nuts!! Will be printing through Safari until I figure this all out...

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

cvdhturner — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:29:30 GMT

Workaround is to select More Settings->Use System Dialog that is at bottom when you scroll down in More Settings. Then it prints correctly. Obviously Chrome is sending something wrong to the printer. My guess is that it thinks that the paper size is 4x6 photo instead of Letter that I have configured.

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

thedodus — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 GMT

This worked until Ventura and now Chrome doesn’t send a preview to the System Settings dialog for some reason.

I’ve been instead selecting More Settings > Open in Preview for now. Gets me the correct printing size and a nice preview as well.

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

sas007 — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:04:16 GMT

Thank you, cvdhturner!! I wasted so much paper trying to solve this. It happened when my back up printer (also Canon) failed within the same hour and I was stuck with a deadline to print. Much appreciated.

I hope Chrome gets it worked out ASAP.

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

BobandRay — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:39:59 GMT

OK Here's an answer. I have 2 Macs one continues to print fine (using Catalina) the other one (updated to Big Sur) stopped printing normal size upon system update. So guess it's true that the new op system doesn't communicate well with older canon printer. Finally found an easy workaround. When printing anything in Chrome (gmail, web etc) Click on Print, MORE SETTINGS. Then scroll ALL THE WAY DOWN to the bottom and click on "open in pdf preview." Once it opens, do file print and it prints regular size. Apparently the pdf format interacts fine with Canon. But I guess it's time to get a newer printer. Have loved my Canon after years of HP suffering1

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

sbtech — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:19:43 GMT

I had the same problem with chrome printing module. I am using PIXMA G3000. However, if you scroll down and select quality as 600dpi, it is printing normally on A4 size paper.

Re: PIXMA MG7520 printing much too small in Chrome on Mac

catsaeger — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 21:02:23 GMT

Omigod! After trying to solve this problem on my Mac, for days, I finally found your post and TADA! It worked like a charm. Thank You SO much!