stop auto scaling in Preview

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Is there any way to set Preview to default to print 100% instead of fit to page? I just upgraded to OS X Yosemite. I found a tip to use Terminal and enter:

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

This does not seem to be working. Any other suggestions?

Thanks
 

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Try the following steps:

Press ⌘ Spacebar and type ter & press Return to launch Terminal then type or copy/paste the following:

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defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0
Press Return, then type or copy/paste:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0
Press Return, then type or copy/paste:
Code:
killall Finder
Type Exit then quit Terminal

See if it solves your issue.
 
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This answer was posted Mar 14, 2015 and apparently did not fix the problem with Preview. However, I tried it now (02/14/21), running macOS Big Sur 11.3 Beta (20E5172i), and it fixed the problem! Amazing!

I hope the fix will hold up in future. Thanks!
 

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