Hello Carol
I remember, from years ago, a photocopy machine engineer telling us
that the internal settings of the machine were such that a narrow
margin was allowed for - in case the original wasn't *exactly* in the
right position, and that caused the copy to be not quite true, ie a
square would become a rectangle. Much to the chagrin of lacemakers who
struggle to fit pieces of pricking back together.
Jane's suggestion of making a test copy is likely to confirm this with
the many photocopiers.
Brenda
However, I bought an Elizabeth Burgess pattern - a round mat - very
recently, and it had just one-third of the pattern on the sheet - it
had to be photocopied three times, and the bits stuck together, to
make the pricking. The scanning and copying was easy, but the
fitting together was most definitely not, as I think the copying
distorted the pricking - only very slightly, but enough to be a
nuisance when putting the three peices together! I managed, with a
bit of 'fudging', but it made me realise how difficult it is to copy
things, and how many things really do need 'trueing up' before
embarking on the patterns.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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