Printed sizes is not exact. What was wrong?

[typingcat]

I draw a rectangle and set its width and height to 10 cm. Then I
printed it but the printed output looked smaller. So I measured it with
a ruler. Its size was 9.7 cm each. I'm using Canon Pixma iP1000
printer. At first I thought there's something wrong with my printer. I
thought it was too cheap model to print accurate sized document.

Then I downloaded Adobe PageMaker 7 tryout, and do the same thing with
it. The printed output? It was exactly 10 cm. So In my theory, there
are at least two
possible reasons;
1)Microsoft Word has error.
2)I did something wrong drawing the right sized rectangle.

Since 1) is not likely, I wonder if I draw something wrong. Would you
please check the document I created? Or do you have any other idea what
caused this size mismatch?

My document is here : http://typingcat.woweb.net/10by10.doc

More information on my system
OS : Windows XP Service Pack 2 (English)
Microsoft Word 2003 Searvice Pack 2 (English)
Canon Pixma iP1000

 

[Karen]

Hi Typing,

I also use Word 2003 and Windows XP.

I printed your drawing on my printer (HP Office Jet 6110) and it
appears to be exactly 10 cm by 10 cm when printed ( I also used a ruler
to measure it).

I don't think it's your drawing measurements in Word 2003 that are
incorrect, because your drawing printed out perfectly for me. I wonder
if you could try to print it on yet another printer just to make sure.


Then, perhaps you may want to follow up with the Canon printer folks to
see if it's something they can help you troubleshoot.

Best of luck with this!

Karen