# Margin setup with geometry package

I am trying to get left margin = 1.5inch (3.81 cm) and right-, top-, bottom-margin = 2.5cm each. For this, I tried the following:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, oneside]{book}
\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage[left = 1.5in, right = 2.5cm, top = 2.5cm, bottom = 2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{showframe}

\begin{document}
Some text
\end{document}


However, I am getting 4.4cm in the left margin, 4.4cm in the bottom margin and 3.3cm in the right margin. How to resolve this. Thanks in advance.

• Welcome to TeX.SX! Are you sure you're printing on A4 paper with output magnification/reduction set to 100%? – egreg Jun 18 '17 at 12:56
• Are you sure that the printer hasn't scaled the document? – Michael Fraiman Jun 18 '17 at 12:56
• Yes , I have tried printing this in 2-3 different printers. The result is the same. I couldn't figure out the solution. – An student Jun 18 '17 at 12:59
• What compiler do you use? – Michael Fraiman Jun 18 '17 at 13:45
• Thanks to everyone here. I deleted all the printers and reinstalled a fresh one and the problem was solved. As pointed out here, it was in fact the scaling that was getting messed up. – An student Jun 19 '17 at 2:14