image size in LR

Hello,
I have a catalogue of photos in LR 3.3. I went to print a 4" x 6" image and it printed fine. Then, sometime later, I printed the same image, and it printed smaller, then I noticed that all the photos in the catalogue are printing smaller than 4" x 6", and that the dimensions listed above the photo in the regular preview screen (not the print preview) are listed as 3" x something else, and I cannot find where to change it back to 4" x 6" nor does it show up as not the right size in the print dialogue box. I think I messed up the settings somehow and wonder how I can put them back as the size changes have not affected my other catalogues.

Thank you in advance.

Are you printing directly from Lightroom, or Exporting them and printing in other software? And, what paper are you printing to -- 4x6 or larger paper?

thisiscosmo wrote in post #12038519
Hello,
I have a catalogue of photos in LR 3.3. I went to print a 4" x 6" image and it printed fine. Then, sometime later, I printed the same image, and it printed smaller, then I noticed that all the photos in the catalogue are printing smaller than 4" x 6", and that the dimensions listed above the photo in the regular preview screen (not the print preview) are listed as 3" x something else, and I cannot find where to change it back to 4" x 6" nor does it show up as not the right size in the print dialogue box. I think I messed up the settings somehow and wonder how I can put them back as the size changes have not affected my other catalogues.

Thank you in advance.

I think you are mistaken. The info overlay on the loupe view in either Library or Develop does not show print size which is displayed only in the Print module (if you have View/Guides/Dimensions selected) not in the large overlay but rather in a small box superimposed on the upper left corner of the image. I imagine that in the loupe view previews the number you are seeing is either the native pixel dimensions or the cropped dimensions. At any rate, the easiest way to print 4x6 is to select the (1)4x6 template (the first one on the list) and then in Page Setup to set your printer driver to that paper size.

tonylong wrote in post #12040015
Are you printing directly from Lightroom, or Exporting them and printing in other software? And, what paper are you printing to -- 4x6 or larger paper?

I am printing directly in lightroom and the paper is 4" x 6" - does that help?

tzalman wrote in post #12040189
I think you are mistaken. The info overlay on the loupe view in either Library or Develop does not show print size which is displayed only in the Print module (if you have View/Guides/Dimensions selected) not in the large overlay but rather in a small box superimposed on the upper left corner of the image. I imagine that in the loupe view previews the number you are seeing is either the native pixel dimensions or the cropped dimensions. At any rate, the easiest way to print 4x6 is to select the (1)4x6 template (the first one on the list) and then in Page Setup to set your printer driver to that paper size.

Thank you for the help. I will try that this weekend.