right, thanks SO VERY VERY Much for all your wonderful help. I am however furious at the printer.... right so.... here is the outcome. You are all correct it should "print" at the size it says on screen... despite the printer knowing (apparently) that i was testing the sizes of the designs...

Thanks Brynn, She is really very good... just got bad wind... poor bubba.... lucky us.. lol. The problem is it is NOt printing at the size that it is set in Inkscape. I can't figure out how to resolve that. The printer just takes the PNG image that i create and prints it. (They ask for a PNG image. ...

Ok so... Just trying to clarify my question. Thanks so much for your help it is very much appreciated. I have my image in inkscape that is measuring 220px x 220 px (via the top viewer bar) or approx 5.6cm square. give or take. On exporting to PNG in the PNG export frame it says that the image is 688...

Many thanks for your replies.... i am going to reply later this evening. I'm stuck with a cranky baby :-) I need to "visualise" the size and hold up pattern pieces to the screen to look at pattern placement of the images on the fabric. Will reply shortly with some extra info many many than...

Champion Druban!! been trying to reply for two hours but been stuck with a 1 week old baby... :-) thanks I was wondering if this is the case as i measured the actual print out and measured what i thought it should be and it seems that the actual print out image is 66% ish smaller than what i though ...

Hi folks, So i'm creating an image to print onto fabric. I changed the setting to 300 DPI (it HAS to be 300 DPI) in the main menu. So i was drawing at 300DPI. I need to know how big to make the drawing in inkscape to make it print at 21cm x 31cm. at 300 DPI. as if i make the image 21cm by 31cm in in...

Hi, I have my design all finished in inkscape and didn't realise that it was set at 96 DPI for export to PNG. thanks to the forum posts i have found the preference setting to change this to the 300 DPI i need in future projects. However after i have changed the preference. My DPI in the export scree...

Many thanks for your replies. sorry I was late replying with thanks. My topic took a while to be approved and i missed the email notifications. Grateful for your time and help thankfully downloading the new version fixed the Toyles tile tester issue. Still getting the line in actual inkscape, and am...

hi folks. Yes i'm fairly new to inkscape. I'm creating a seamless tile to create fabric. Loving the design process but i normally paint in regular oil paint. I have watched a few videos on creating a seamless tile but when i save as a PNG and load into say TOYLES tile tester i'm getting little grey ...