Mystery solved: I used a normal office printer for the first approach, and a photo printer for the second two approaches.

Update: (1) Nets > Maximum Faces Per Net is indeed the brute force approach: it enlarges any errors, just like an optical zoom. (2) Nets > Nets/Paper Color Mixing > One Color Per Net/Page gives an accurate, useful print. (3) Cutting Mode, then Shift+ Left-Click also gives an accurate, useful print.

Thanks!
Nets > Maximum Faces per Net... > 5
Worked perfectly.

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