Posted by dellus on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/discovering-print-plot-where-is-the-scale-setting-tp5714538p5714539.html

In the simple 'print' command there is no scale setting. It just tries to place the contents of the drawing with a little free space around it onto the sheet (fit to page with arbitrary scale). Sometimes users complained their drawing was printed very small on an otherwise empty sheet. It came out the reason was  a tiny element or leftover accidentally placed somewhere far off.
If you draw a frame of let's say letter size (accordingly scaled) around the drawing and then print on letter size paper you get an approximately right scale, but still a little off.
To get it right you have to use the print preview mode.